# Limidae > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Limidae > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Limidae.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limidae > Source revision: 1354736447 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Family of bivalves Limidae Ctenoides ales Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Subclass: Pteriomorphia Order: Limida Moore, 1952 Superfamily: Limoidea Rafinesque, 1815 Family: Limidae Rafinesque, 1815 Genera See text The **Limidae** or **file shells** are members of the only [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of [bivalve](/source/Bivalve) [molluscs](/source/Mollusc) in the [order](/source/Order_(biology)) **Limida**.[1] The family includes 130 living species, assigned to 10 [genera](/source/Genera). Widely distributed in all seas from shallow to deep waters, the species are usually [epifaunal](/source/Epifaunal) or nestling, with many species building [byssal](/source/Byssus) nests for protection. The majority of species are capable of irregular swimming by waving their long mantle tentacles. ## Genera All taxa marked † are extinct. - *[Acesta](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Acesta_(bivalve)&action=edit&redlink=1)* H. and [A. Adams](/source/Arthur_Adams_(zoologist)), 1858 - †*[Antiquilima](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antiquilima&action=edit&redlink=1)* Cox, 1943 - *[Acestarica](/source/Acestarica)* Dekkers, 2022 - † *[Antiquilima](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antiquilima&action=edit&redlink=1)* L. R. Cox, 1943 - *[Ctenoides](/source/Ctenoides)* Mörch, 1853 - †*[Ctenostreon](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ctenostreon&action=edit&redlink=1)* Eichwald, 1862 - †*[Dimorphoconcha](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dimorphoconcha&action=edit&redlink=1)* Wasmer & Hautmann, 2012 - *[Divarilima](/source/Divarilima)* [Powell](/source/Arthur_William_Baden_Powell), 1958 - *[Escalima](/source/Escalima)* [Iredale](/source/Tom_Iredale), 1929 - *[Lima](/source/Lima_(bivalve))* [Bruguière](/source/Jean_Guillaume_Brugui%C3%A8re), 1789 - *[Limaria](/source/Limaria)* Link, 1807 - *[Limatula](/source/Limatula)* S. V. Wood, 1839 - *[Limea](/source/Limea)* Bronn, 1831 - *[Mantellina](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mantellina&action=edit&redlink=1)* Sacco, 1904 - † *[Palaeolima](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Palaeolima&action=edit&redlink=1)* Hind, 1903 - †*[Plagiostoma](/source/Plagiostoma_(bivalve))* J. Sowerby, 1814 - †*[Pseudolimea](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pseudolimea&action=edit&redlink=1)* Arkell, 1933 - † *[Seymourtula](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seymourtula&action=edit&redlink=1)* Zinsmeister, 1988 ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [*Limoida* Moore, 1952](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1777). Retrieved through: [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species) on 7 July 2010. - Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia. 52(2): 1-184. - Stuardo J. (1968). On the phylogeny, taxonomy and distribution of the Limidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). PhD thesis, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 327 pp - Valentich-Scott P., Coan E.V. & Zelaya D. (2020). Bivalve seashells of western South America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile. vii + 593 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. ## External links - ["Limidae"](https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=79808). [Integrated Taxonomic Information System](/source/Integrated_Taxonomic_Information_System). - [Powell, A. W. B.](/source/Arthur_William_Baden_Powell) (1979). *New Zealand Mollusca*. Auckland, New Zealand: [William Collins Publishers Ltd](/source/HarperCollins). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-00-216906-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-00-216906-1). - [Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. Revista peruana de biología. 23(2), 127-150](http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006) - [; https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5568058j?rk=64378;0 ; https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5568059z?rk=21459;2 Lamy E. (1930-1931). Révision des Limidae vivants du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Journal de Conchyliologie. 74(1): 89-114; 74(2): 169-198, pl. 1](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55680574?rk=42918;4) - Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. Taxon identifiers Limidae Wikidata: Q2749378 Wikispecies: Limidae ADW: Limidae AFD: Limidae BOLD: 737 CoL: 7NJFL EoL: 46467428 GBIF: 3480 iNaturalist: 50578 IRMNG: 104397 ITIS: 79808 NBN: NHMSYS0021055048 NCBI: 102301 NZOR: 6d51ea6a-47df-4cdf-b987-641df8fc9531 Open Tree of Life: 124375 Paleobiology Database: 60868 Plazi: E0706F03-1234-FFB9-FF54-FD07FB6BFB27 WoRMS: 1778 Limoidea Wikidata: Q16655941 Wikispecies: Limoidea AFD: Limoidea CoL: 7NGQ3 NBN: NHMSYS0021055047 Open Tree of Life: 5676981 Paleobiology Database: 88956 WoRMS: 246153 Limoida Wikidata: Q682437 AFD: Limida BOLD: 947859 CoL: 7NG7S EoL: 2224 GBIF: 463 iNaturalist: 50577 IRMNG: 10760 ITIS: 566850 NBN: NHMSYS0021055046 NCBI: 102300 Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Limidae](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Limidae). 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