| Limaria hians | |
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| Two flame shells which have been torn from their protective nest at the bottom of Loch Carron in Scotland | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Limida |
| Family: | Limidae |
| Genus: | Limaria |
| Species: | L. hians
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| Binomial name | |
| Limaria hians (Gmelin, 1791)
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Limaria hians, the flame shell, is a species of small saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Limidae. This species is native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean.