Limatula

Limatula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Limida
Superfamily:	Limoidea
Family:	Limidae
Genus:	Limatula; Searles-Wood, 1839
Type species
	Pecten subauriculatus Montagu, 1808;
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Antarctolima Habe, 1977; Gemellima Iredale, 1929; Lima (Limatula) S. V. Wood, 1839; Limatula (Antarctolima) Habe, 1977 accepted, alternate representation; Limatula (Limatula) S. V. Wood, 1839 accepted, alternate representation; Limatula (Limatuletta) C. A. Fleming, 1978 accepted, alternate representation; Limatula (Squamilima) C. A. Fleming, 1978; Limatula (Stabilima) Iredale, 1939 accepted, alternate representation; Limatuletta C. A. Fleming, 1978; Radula (Limatula) S. V. Wood, 1839; Squamilima C. A. Fleming, 1978 (objective synonym); Stabilima Iredale, 1939;

Limatula, the file shells or file clams, is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae.

Species

Limatula attenuata Dall, 1916 - attenuate fileclam
Limatula aupouria Powell, 1937
Limatula confusa (E. A. Smith, 1885) - confusing fileclam
Limatula gwyni (Sykes, 1903)
Limatula hendersoni Olsson and McGinty, 1958 - henderson fileclam, minute fileclam
Limatula hodgsoni (E. A. Smith, 1907)
Limatula hyalina A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898 - ahyaline fileclam, hyaline fileclam
Limatula hyperborea A. S. Jensen, 1909 - Arctic fileclam, boreal fileclam
Limatula japonica A. Adams, 1864 - Japan fileclam
Limatula maoria Finlay, 1927
Limatula regularis A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898 - aregular fileclam, regular fileclam
Limatula saturna Bernard, 1978 - Saturna fileclam, saturnine fileclam
Limatula setifera Dall, 1886 - bristly fileclam
Limatula similaris (Dall, 1908) - furrowless fileclam
Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808) - small-ear fileclam
Limatula subovata (Jeffreys, 1876)
Limatula sulcata (Brown, 1827)
Limatula suteri Dall, 1908
Limatula vancouverensis Bernard, 1978 - Vancouver fileclam

Limatula pygmaea (Philippi, 1845): synonym of Limea pygmaea (Philippi, 1845)