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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Bivalvia (class) » Limoida (order) » Limidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 23 250020 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Lima vulgaris (Link, 1807) |
CAAB category: | 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc. |
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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:
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Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
Parent Codes: |
23 250904
Lima spp. |
Taxon Notes: | The southern Australian Lima nimbifer has been confused with this species in the past. | ||||
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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. |