Limaria orientalis

Limaria orientalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Pteriomorphia
Order: Limoida
Family: Limidae
Genus: Limaria
Species: L. orientalis
Binomial name
Limaria orientalis
(Adams and Reeve, 1850)

Limaria orientalis, common name the file shell, is a bivalve mollusc of the family Limidae, the file shells.

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