Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Pteriomorphia > Order Limoida > Superfamily Limoidea > Family Limidae > Genus Lima

Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lima*	Bruguière, 1797	accepted genus name
*Limaria*	Rafinesque, 1815	later homonym
*Radula*	Mörch, 1853	later homonym
*Limaria*	Rafinesque, 1815	synonym
*Limaria (Limaria)*	Link, 1807	synonym
*Limaria (Limatulella)*	Sacco, 1898	synonym
*Mantellum*	Röding, 1798	synonym
*Radula*	Mörch, 1853	synonym

Species group names

*Lima squamosa*	Lamarck, 1801	synonym
*Lima squamosa var. depressa*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Lima squamosa var. elata*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Lima squamosa var. elongata*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Lima squamosa var. inflata*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Lima squamosa var. intermedia*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Lima squamosa var. major*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Lima squamosa var. rotundata*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Lima vulgaris*	Scacchi, 1836	synonym
*Ostrea lima*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: midhja lime sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Dutch: raspschelp

English: spiny file shell; spiny fileclam; spiny lima sources: Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp.

French: lime

German: Feilenmuschel

Italian: sorbolo di mare

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp.
additional source	Spry, J.F. (1964). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Part 2: Pelecypoda (Bivalves). Tanganyika Notes and Records 63
additional source	Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp.
additional source	Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (59 publications)
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
GenBank (13 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Lima lima. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140233