Panamanian Lima

Lima tetrica

Classification

Class: Bivalvia
Order: Limida
Family: Limidae

Lima is a genus of file shells or file clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae, the file shells, within the subclass Pteriomorphia. The shells are obliquely trigonal, and strongly radially ribbed, the ribs scabrous to spinose. The soft parts are bright red and many tentacles protrude from the open valves.

Distribution

Panamanian Lima — (c) Alberto Alcalá, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Mexico · 3

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Alberto Alcalá, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionLima (bivalve), Wikipedia contributors

Panamanian Lima

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