Limatula

Limatula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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.

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