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Limidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Mollusca
class
Bivalvia
order
Limida
family
Limidae

Name

Synonyms
Limatulidae
Radulidae
Homonyms
Limidae
Common names
File Clam in English
Filmuslinger in Danish
file clam in English
filskjell in Norwegian Bokmål
simmusslor in Swedish
Feilenmuscheln in German
Feilenmuscheln in German
File Clams in English
File Shells in English
file clams in English
file clams in English
file shells in English
file shells in English
filmusslor in Swedish
filmusslor in Swedish
filmusslor in Swedish
vijlschelpen in Dutch
vijlschelpen in Dutch
ミノガイ科 in Japanese
ミノガイ科 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184.
  4. Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184.
  5. Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.
  6. Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.
  7. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2011-02-08 23:00:00) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  8. Lamy E. (1930-1931). Révision des Limidae vivants du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 74(1): 89-114; 74(2): 169-198, pl. 1 [1930]; 245-269 [1931].
  9. Lamy E. (1930-1931). Révision des Limidae vivants du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 74(1): 89-114; 74(2): 169-198, pl. 1 [1930]; 245-269 [1931].
  10. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  11. Stuardo J. (1968). On the phylogeny, taxonomy and distribution of the Limidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). <i>PhD thesis, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass</i>. 327 pp.
  12. Stuardo J. (1968). On the phylogeny, taxonomy and distribution of the Limidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). <i>PhD thesis, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass</i>. 327 pp.
  13. Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526.
  14. Valentich-Scott P., Coan E.V. & Zelaya D. (2020). <i>Bivalve seashells of western South America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile</i>. vii + 593 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
  15. Valentich-Scott P., Coan E.V. & Zelaya D. (2020). <i>Bivalve seashells of western South America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile</i>. vii + 593 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
  16. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  17. WoRMS Editorial Board (2016-01-17 23:00:00) WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species
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