Genus of bivalves
Limatula
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Mollusca
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Class:
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Bivalvia
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Order:
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Limida
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Superfamily:
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Limoidea
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Family:
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Limidae
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Genus:
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Limatula Searles-Wood, 1839
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Type species
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Pecten subauriculatus Montagu, 1808
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Species
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See text
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Synonyms
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- 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
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Limatula, the file shells or file clams, is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae.