Limidae 狐蛤科:Shell small to large,commonly white, equivalve, obscurely auriculate, elongate-oval or subtriangular, more or less opisthocline. Byssate species characterized by gaped anterior margin, though there are many non-byssate and free-living species. Ligament groove on the middle of low-triangular cardinal area. Surface ornamented with radial ribs. Mostly edentulous. Radial sculpture commonly developed. Coloration, if not whity, almost monotonous. Outer layer composed of foliated calcite, while inner layer totally consists of crossed-lamellar aragonite. Monomyarian. Pseudolamellibranchitae. |
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Limatula leptocarya |
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(Melvill, 1898) |
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Limatula nippona |
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Habe, 1961 |
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Limatula sibogai |
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Prashad, 1932 |
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Limatula textilis |
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Wang |
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Limatula vladivostokensis |
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(Scarlato, 1955) |
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