Divarilima pellucida is a creature of marine

Marine (ocean)

Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...

 bivalve molluscs in the family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Limidae

Limidae

Limidae is the only family of bivalve molluscs in the order Limoida.-Genera:* Acesta H. and A. Adams, 1858* Divarilima Powell, 1958* Escalima Iredale, 1929 * Lima Bruguière, 1789 * Limaria Link, 1807 * Limatula S. V. Wood, 1839...

. Divarilima pellucida lives in a shell

Mollusc shell

The mollusc shell is typically a calcareous exoskeleton which encloses, supports and protects the soft parts of an animal in the phylum Mollusca, which includes snails, clams, tusk shells, and several other classes...

, and it has only been found in the waters of New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

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See also

• Divarilima
  Divarilima
  Divarilima is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae, the file shells or file clams.-Species:* Divarilima albicoma * Divarilima pellucida* Divarilima sydneyensis -References:* *...
  
  
  • Divarilima albicoma
    Divarilima albicoma
    Divarilima albicoma is a bivalve that lives in the Florida Keys. The creature is found at a depth of deep. Its size has been known to get up to , but is usually about ....
    
    (Dall, 1886)
  • Divarilima sydneyensis
    Divarilima sydneyensis
    Divarilima sydneyensis is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Limidae, the file shells or file clams. It is the type species of its genus.- References :* *...
    
    (Hedley, 1904)

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