Limaria orientalis has the common name, file shell. It is a bivalve mollusc of the family Limidae (the file shells). It is present in New Zealand.[1]
Limaria orientalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Limida |
Family: | Limidae |
Genus: | Limaria |
Species: | L. orientalis
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Binomial name | |
Limaria orientalis (Adams and Reeve, 1850)
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References
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- ^ "Limaria orientalis (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
Further reading
edit- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1