Lima lima spiny lima, spiny file shell,spiny fileclam

Lima lima is commonly referred to as spiny lima, spiny file shell,spiny fileclam. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

Lima lima © Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland,Bild aus der Adria

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AphiaID:: 140233

Scientific:: Lima lima
German:: Schuppige Feilenmuschel
English:: Spiny Lima, Spiny File Shell,spiny Fileclam

Category:: Zee schelpen

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Limida (Order) > Limidae (Family) > Lima (Genus) > lima (Species)
Initial determination:: (Linnaeus, ), 1758

Occurrence:: Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Columbia, Indian Ocean, Jamaica, Kenya, Madagascar, Morocco, Mozambique, North Atlantic Ocean, Red Sea, Tansania, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea, Venezuela
Size:: 1.97" - 3.54" (5cm - 9cm)
Temperature:: 50 °F - 80.6 °F (10°C - 27°C)
Food:: Detritus, Filter feeder, Plankton
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Lima benthonimbifer
Lima bullifera
Lima caribaea
Lima disalvoi
Lima fujitai
Lima kimthachi
Lima lima
Schuppige Feilenmuschel
Lima marioni
Lima messura
Lima nakayasui
Lima nasca
Lima nimbifer
Lima ogasawaraensis
Lima paucicostata
Lima perfecta
Lima quantoensis
Lima sagamiensis
Lima spectata
Lima tahitensis
Lima tetrica
Lima tomlini
Lima tropicalis
Lima vulgaris
Pazifische Feilenmuschel, Gewöhnliche Feilenmuschel
Lima vulgatula
Lima zealandica
Lima zushiensis

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-11-25 19:57:48
Last edit:: 2013-11-25 19:57:48

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Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758)

The color of Lima Lima is whitis, the size is up to 9 cm.It lives under stones in shallo waters from 1m down to 8 m. It can swim by snapping the shells shut.

External links

Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Unterwasserwelt-Mittelmeer (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Lima lima © Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland,Bild aus der Adria

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