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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 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: View detailed map or click on map to see same. 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)

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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.