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Lima  Bruguiere, 1789
Taxonomic Serial No.: 79809

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Austrolima Iredale, 1929
  
    Ctenoides Morch, 1853
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 1999   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 – bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhão, ostra  
                   SubclassAutobranchia   
                      InfraclassPteriomorphia   
                         OrderLimida   
                            SuperfamilyLimoidea Rafinesque, 1815  
                               FamilyLimidae Rafinesque, 1815  
                                  GenusLima Bruguiere, 1789  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SpeciesLima attenuata (Dall, 1916)  
                                     SpeciesLima excavata (Fabricius, 1779) – excavated fileclam 
                                     SpeciesLima floridana Olsson and Harbison, 1953 – smooth fileclam 
                                     SpeciesLima hians (Gmelin, 1791)  
                                     SpeciesLima hyperborea Jensen, 1909  
                                     SpeciesLima lima (Linnaeus, 1758) – spiny fileclam 
                                     SpeciesLima locklini McGinty, 1955 – locklin fileclam, skewed fileclam 
                                     SpeciesLima loscombi   
                                     SpeciesLima pellucida C. B. Adams, 1846 – antillean fileclam 
                                     SpeciesLima sabauriculata (Montagu, 1808)  
                                     SpeciesLima scabra (Born, 1778) – rough fileclam 
                                     SpeciesLima subovata (Jeffreys, 1879) – subovate fileclam 
                                     SpeciesLima tenera Sowerby, 1843  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Lima   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al.   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26   
  Page(s): 526   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-01-8, 0097-0638  
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