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Limea pygmaea File clam

Limea pygmaea is commonly referred to as File clam. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
8379 
AphiaID:
505622 
Scientific:
Limea pygmaea 
German:
Feilenmuschel 
English:
File Clam 
Category:
Małże 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Limida (Order) > Limidae (Family) > Limea (Genus) > pygmaea (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Philippi, ), 1845 
Occurrence:
Antarctica, Chile, South Atlantic, South Shetlands Island , South-Pazific, the Falkland Islands 
Sea depth:
6 - 598 Meter 
Size:
0.2" - 0.59" (0.5cm - 1.5cm) 
Temperature:
28.4 °F - 69.8 °F (-2°C - 21°C) 
Food:
Detritus, Filter feeder, Plankton 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Limea argentinae
  • Limea australis
  • Limea austrina
  • Limea bronniana
  • Limea clandestina
  • Limea coani
  • Limea crassa
  • Limea crenocostata
  • Limea deliciosa
  • Limea juglandula
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-04-05 21:54:39 

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Limea pygmaea (Philippi, 1845)

Limea pygmaea is a bivalve in the family Limidae, commonly known as file clam or file shell.This file shell can be found in depths of 6-598 m. in rocky areas and in forests of the brown algae Macrocystis pyrifera.Limea pygmaea is a bivalve of polar zone.

File clams are filter feeders. They feeds by actively feeding on planktonic organisms.

Synonyms:
Antarctolima pygmaea
Lima pygmaea
Limatula (Antarctolima) pygmaea
Limatula falklandica
Limatula pygmaea
Limea martiali

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Limoida (Order) > Limoidea (Superfamily) > Limidae (Family) > Limea (Genus) > Limea pygmaea (Species)

External links

  1. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Smithsonian Antartic Invertebrates (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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