CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Bivalvia (class) » Limoida (order) » Limidae (family)

CAAB Code:	23 250020 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Lima vulgaris (Link, 1807)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
Family:	23 250 Limidae (file clams) - show full list
Common Name:	[a file clam]
Organism Type:	a file clam
Synonyms:	Lima lima Lima lima vulgaris
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	23 250904 Lima spp.

Distribution map:
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Occurrence locations [71] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records

Taxon Notes:

The southern Australian Lima nimbifer has been confused with this species in the past.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:0364f8a5-1c92-4dd5-8747-d0415959c124 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505459 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-06-17 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Record source:	Lamprell, K. Whitehead, T., 1992, Bivalves of Australia. Volume 1. Crawford House Press, Bathurst, N.S.W.
Scientific Name verified against:	Mikkelsen, P.M., Bieler, R., 2003. Systematic revision of the western Atlantic file clams, Lima and Ctenoides (Bivalvia: Limoida: Limidae)., Invertebrate Systematics, Vol. 17: 667-710.

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