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Limea pygmaea

species of mollusc

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ6549161 ↗
Source-derived summary

Limea pygmaea is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Limidae, the file shells or file clams.

References

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Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

Dell, R. K. (1990). Antarctic Mollusca with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Wellington 27: 1–311 page(s): 55

Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Limea pygmaea” as species of mollusc. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Limea, pygmaea and species.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1979, 1990, 2010—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Limea, pygmaea and species providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Limea pygmaea”, the useful work is to connect “species of mollusc” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6549161. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1979, 1990 and 2010.

Critical limits

Current terminology should not be projected backward without checking the classification used when the underlying evidence was created. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  • Current terminology
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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Limea pygmaea”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Limea pygmaea primary sources, Limea pygmaea archive and Limea research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  3. Has classification or technical consensus changed since the cited source?
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This entry incorporates text from “Limea pygmaea” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.