Lima pellucida

Lima pellucida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Limoida
Family: Limidae
Genus: Lima
Species: L. pellucida
Binomial name
Lima pellucida
(C.B. Adams, 1846)

Lima pellucida, or the Antillean file shell, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Limidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies.[1]

References

  1. Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 32.
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