LIMIDAE, Rafinesque, 1815

Oliver, P. Graham, Holmes, Anna, Killeen, Ian, Light, Janice & Wood, Harriet, 2004, Annotated checklist of the marine Bivalvia of Rodrigues, Journal of Natural History 38 (23), pp. 3229-3272 : 3243

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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930410001695097

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scientific name

LIMIDAE
status

 

LIMIDAE View in CoL Lima sowerbyi Deshayes, 1856

Habitat (inferred). Byssally attached under coral rubble blocks in the sublittoral to 20 m.

Distribution. Recorded from dead valves only.

Range. Indo-Pacific [R/M/S].

Figured specimen. From Red Sea, 61.4 mm, NMW.Z.1993.006.00022.

Limaria fragilis (Gmelin, 1791)

Habitat. Free-living under rocks and large coral rubble blocks from ELWMOS (extreme low water mark of springs) and below. Animals swim and display a mass of red tentacles when disturbed. Distribution. Throughout the lagoon. Range. Indo-Pacific [R/M/S]. Figured specimen. 21.75 mm, NMW.Z.2000.086.00040.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Limida

Family

Limidae

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