Limidae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Limida
- Family
- Limidae
- Genus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Limidae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Limidae
The Limidae or file shells are members of the only family of bivalve molluscs in the order Limida. The family includes 130 living species, assigned to 10 genera. Widely distributed in all seas from shallow to deep waters, the species are usually epifaunal or nestling, with many species building byssal nests for protection. The majority of species are capable of irregular swimming by waving their long mantle tentacles.
...Limidae in languages:
- Chinese
- 狐蛤科
- Czech
- zejovkovití
- Danish
- Filmuslinger
- English
- File clams
- Italian
- Lima
- Japanese
- ミノガイ科
- Korean
- 개가리비과
- Swedish
- filmusslor
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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