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Limaria is a genus of gastropod mollusc in the Limidae family. The shells are thin, inequilateral, moderately inflated, gaping both anteriorly and posteriorly. The hinge is edentulous.
Species
- Limaria hians (Gmelin, 1791)
- Limaria loscombi (G. B. Sowerby, I, 1823)
- Limaria orientalis (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
- Limaria pellucida (C. B. Adams, 1846) - Antillean fileclam
References
- "Limaria". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1