﻿6. 
  

  

  ramily 
  Limida 
  e« 
  (Lat, 
  lima, 
  a 
  

   face 
  reminds 
  one 
  of 
  a 
  file.) 
  

  

  155 
  

   file, 
  

  

  File 
  Shells; 
  their 
  rasplike 
  sur-;- 
  

  

  a) 
  Genus 
  Lima 
  Bruguiere 
  

   1797. 
  (Fern. 
  ) 
  

  

  b 
  ) 
  Genus 
  Limatula 
  Wood 
  

   1839. 
  (A 
  diminutive 
  

   of 
  lima, 
  a 
  little 
  

   file. 
  Pern.) 
  

  

  Lima 
  l 
  ima 
  Linne 
  (original 
  File.) 
  

  

  Lima 
  albicoma 
  Pall 
  (Lat, 
  adjective, 
  whitei- 
  

   hai 
  re 
  d. 
  ) 
  ~ 
  

  

  Lima 
  scabra 
  Born 
  (rough; 
  covered 
  with 
  i 
  

   pointed 
  scales; 
  rough 
  sculpture.) 
  , 
  

  

  Lima 
  ten 
  era 
  Sov/erby 
  (delicate; 
  delicate 
  

   radiating 
  ribs 
  and 
  scales. 
  More 
  delicate 
  

   and 
  more 
  finely 
  ribbed 
  than 
  L. 
  scabra.) 
  j 
  

  

  Lima 
  hians 
  Gmeli 
  n 
  (gaping; 
  it 
  gapes 
  wide- 
  

   ly 
  at 
  anterior 
  end.) 
  

  

  Lima 
  inflata 
  Lamarck 
  (inflated; 
  shell 
  is 
  

   much 
  inflated.) 
  Lima 
  pellucida 
  C.B.Adams 
  

   (very 
  bright; 
  shell 
  is 
  white, 
  semi- 
  

   translucent) 
  and 
  Lima 
  antillensis 
  Pall 
  

   (Antillean) 
  are 
  the 
  same. 
  ) 
  

  

  Lima 
  t 
  ula 
  c 
  on 
  fusa 
  E.A.Smith 
  (mixed, 
  in- 
  

   distinct 
  .y~ 
  

  

  Limatula 
  hyalina 
  V 
  erri 
  ll 
  & 
  Bush 
  (glassy, 
  

   transparent; 
  shell 
  thin, 
  translucent.) 
  

  

  Limatula 
  laminifera 
  E.A.Smith 
  (Lat. 
  lami- 
  

   na, 
  plate, 
  layer 
  -i- 
  fero, 
  to 
  carry; 
  has 
  

   a 
  structure 
  of 
  thin 
  layers.) 
  

  

  Verrill 
  & 
  Bush 
  (knotty; 
  

  

  c) 
  Genus 
  

  

  1831. 
  

  

  Lime 
  a 
  

   ( 
  Same 
  

  

  Bronn 
  

  

  deriva- 
  

   tion 
  as 
  Lima, 
  a 
  

   file, 
  Eem. 
  ) 
  

  

  ' 
  Limatula 
  nodulosa 
  

  

  I 
  ribs 
  are 
  nodulose. 
  ) 
  

  

  j 
  Limatula 
  regularis 
  V 
  errill 
  & 
  Bush 
  (regu- 
  

  

  ! 
  lar; 
  almost 
  equilateral.! 
  

  

  : 
  Limatula 
  subauriculata 
  Montagu 
  ( 
  somewhat 
  

  

  i 
  eared; 
  ovate-oblong; 
  little 
  ear 
  File.) 
  

  

  ! 
  Limatula 
  se 
  tifera 
  Pall 
  (having 
  bristles, 
  

  

  '• 
  bristly. 
  y~ 
  

  

  [ 
  Lime 
  a 
  bronniana 
  Pall 
  (Bronn' 
  s; 
  named 
  for 
  

  

  j 
  Professor 
  Bronn 
  of 
  Heidelberg.) 
  

  

  i 
  Limea 
  bronniana 
  lata 
  Pall 
  (Lat, 
  latus, 
  

  

  j 
  wide, 
  broadTl 
  

  

  ! 
  Lime 
  a 
  subovata 
  Jeffreys 
  ( 
  somewhat 
  ovate 
  . 
  ) 
  

  

  IV. 
  SUFERFAttlLY 
  A 
  M 
  OMIACE 
  A 
  

  

  (Gr. 
  anomoios, 
  unlike, 
  dissimilar, 
  irregular; 
  often 
  imitating 
  the 
  ob- 
  

   ject 
  to 
  which 
  these 
  shells 
  are 
  attached; 
  unequal; 
  shells 
  having 
  une- 
  

   qual, 
  irregular 
  valves.) 
  

  

  Fam 
  ily 
  Anomiidae 
  , 
  

   Shells.] 
  

  

  (Same 
  etymology 
  as 
  above. 
  Common 
  name: 
  Jingle 
  

  

  a) 
  Genus 
  Anomia 
  Li 
  n 
  ne 
  

   175 
  8. 
  (Holeless 
  valve 
  

   has 
  3 
  muscle 
  scars. 
  

   Fern, 
  ) 
  

  

  ^ 
  Anomia 
  aculeata 
  Miill 
  er 
  (prickly, 
  thorny; 
  

   I 
  the 
  upper 
  valve 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  prickly 
  

  

  scales.) 
  

   Anomia 
  simplex 
  Orbigny 
  (plain, 
  simple; 
  

  

  smooth; 
  the 
  most 
  common 
  Anomia.) 
  

  

  b) 
  Genus 
  Podod 
  e 
  smus 
  P 
  hi- 
  f 
  

  

  li 
  ppi 
  1857 
  . 
  (Gr. 
  pous,! 
  Pododesmu 
  s 
  rud 
  is 
  Srode 
  rip 
  (rough, 
  rugged; 
  

   pod-, 
  foot 
  — 
  desmos, 
  ' 
  irregular 
  ridges 
  with 
  scaly 
  growth 
  lines; 
  

  

  