Limidae

Taxobox
name = Limidae


image_width = 250px
image_caption = Limidae species
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
subclassis = Pteriomorphia
ordo = Limoida
familia = Limidae
familia_authority = Rafinesque, 1815
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text.

Limidae is a family of bivalve molluscs in the order Limoida. They have radial ribbed shells, slightly gaping on one or both sides. Some are free swimmers, and others are sedentary, forming a nest of dense byssal tentacles. They have a world wide distribution in shallow to deep water.

Genera

* "Acesta" H. and A. Adams, 1858
* "Divarilima" Powell, 1958
* "Escalima" Iredale, 1929
* "Lima" Bruguière, 1789
* "Limaria" Link, 1807
* "Limatula" S. V. Wood, 1839
* "Limea" Bronn, 1831

References

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* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1