Deep-Sea taxon details
Limidae Rafinesque, 1815
1778 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1778)
accepted
Family
- Genus Acesta H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858
- Genus Ctenoides Mörch, 1853
- Genus Escalima Iredale, 1929
- Genus Lima Bruguière, 1797
- Genus Limaria Link, 1807
- Genus Limatula S. V. Wood, 1839
- Genus Limea Bronn, 1831
- Genus Notolimea Iredale, 1924 accepted as Limea Bronn, 1831 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of ) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 147 [details]
page(s): 147 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Limidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1778 on 2026-03-31
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Limidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1778 on 2026-03-31
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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original description
(of ) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 147 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
basis of record Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]
additional source Stuardo, J. (1968). On the phylogeny, taxonomy and distribution of the Limidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). PhD thesis, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 327 pp. [An unpublished work in the sense of the ICZN]. [details] Available for editors
additional source Valentich-Scott, P.; Coan, E. V.; Zelaya, D. (2020). <i>Bivalve seashells of western South America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile</i>. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. vii + 593 pp.
page(s): 182 [details]
additional source Lamy E. (1930-1931). Révision des Limidae vivants du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 74(1): 89-114; 74(2): 169-198, pl. 1 [1930]; 245-269 [1931]., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55680574?rk=42918;4, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5568058j?rk=64378;0, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5568059z?rk=21459;2 [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
page(s): 147 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
basis of record Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]
additional source Stuardo, J. (1968). On the phylogeny, taxonomy and distribution of the Limidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). PhD thesis, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 327 pp. [An unpublished work in the sense of the ICZN]. [details] Available for editors
additional source Valentich-Scott, P.; Coan, E. V.; Zelaya, D. (2020). <i>Bivalve seashells of western South America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile</i>. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. vii + 593 pp.
page(s): 182 [details]
additional source Lamy E. (1930-1931). Révision des Limidae vivants du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 74(1): 89-114; 74(2): 169-198, pl. 1 [1930]; 245-269 [1931]., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55680574?rk=42918;4, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5568058j?rk=64378;0, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5568059z?rk=21459;2 [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Remark Family Limidae in separate superfamily 'Limacea' in Sheppard 1984 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | vijlschelpen | [details] |
| English | file shellsfile clams | [details] |
| German | Feilenmuscheln | [details] |
| Japanese | ミノガイ科 | [details] |
| Swedish | filmusslor | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Limidae)
To Genbank
To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 036024)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Limidae)
To Genbank
To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 036024)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
