| Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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S. Portugal to W. Africa, Azores to Mediterranean. Suspension feeder, in crevices and under stones, or nested inside Posidonia mats (tangled vegetal beds under the meadows), in the infralittoral and the circalittoral. Some very close species exist in W. Atlantic and Indian Ocean. – Shallow infralittoral, calanque de Pouars, Calseraigne island, Riou archipelago, south of Marseille, Provence, S. France. Original picture provided by S. Le Bris for iNaturalist – (CC BY-NC). |
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| 4m deep, confined in a narrow crevice, northern side of the Citadel’s Rock, Calvi, Corsica. 46mm. |
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Original taxon: Ostrea lima. A synonym is squamosa.
15m deep, Capri, Napoli, SW. Italy. 58mm. |
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| Small specimens from cliffs and crevices, in an area with freshwater springs: 4-6m deep, on sea urchins, in submerged karst west of Vulisma Beach, Istros, Kolpos Mirabellou, Lasithi, Crete. 23-34mm. |
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| Punta Bianca, southeastern coast of Elba island, Livorno, Toscana, W. Italy. Original picture provided by V. Paoletti for iNaturalist – (CC BY-NC). |
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| Specimens from Messina strait, SW. Italy. 55-74mm. |
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Specimens from southern Red Sea may belong to the species Lima vulgaris Scacchi, 1836.
Collected under coral blocks, Ambado area, in the Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti coast. 55-73mm. |