NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 1999

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Limidae
  Order - Limoida
  Subclass - Pteriomorphia
  Class - Bivalvia
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Lima sabauriculata
      Species - Lima attenuata
      Species - Lima hyperborea
      Species - Lima pellucida
      Species - Lima locklini
      Species - Lima hians
      Species - Lima loscombi
      Species - Lima scabra
      Species - Lima lima
      Species - Lima tenera
      Species - Lima excavata
      Species - Lima floridana
      Species - Lima subovata