Species under Limaria
n= 19
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Limaria amakusaensis
(Habe, 1960)
Northwest Pacific
Limaria basilanica
(Adams & Reeve, 1850)
File clam Indo-Pacific
Limaria cumingii
(Sowerby II, 1843)
Western Central Pacific
Limaria fragilis
(Gmelin, 1791)
Indo-Pacific
Limaria hemphilli
(Hertlein & Strong, 1946)
Hemphill fileclam Eastern Pacific
Limaria hians
(Gmelin, 1791)
Gaping file shale Western Central Pacific and the Mediterranean Sea
Limaria hirasei
(Pilsbry, 1901)
Northwest Pacific
Limaria hongkongensis
Morton, 1979
Northwest Pacific
Limaria inflata
(Lamarck, 1807)
Southwest Atlantic 2.8
Limaria kawamurai
Masahito & Habe, 1972
Western Central Pacific
Limaria keohea
(Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
Eastern Central Pacific
Limaria locklini
(McGinty, 1955)
Skewed fileclam Western Atlantic 0.96
Limaria loscombi
(Sowerby, 1823)
Mediterranean Sea
Limaria orientalis
(Adam & Reeve, 1850)
File shell Indo-West Pacific
Limaria paralella
(Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
Eastern Pacific
Limaria pellucida
(Adams, 1846)
Antillean fileclam Western Atlantic 0.25
Limaria perfragile
Habe & Kosuge, 1966
Northwest Pacific
Limaria thryptica
(Penna, 1971)
Western Atlantic 0.22
Limaria tuberculata
(Olivi, 1792)
Mediterranean Sea
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