SONGS Mitigation Monitoring Project
Field Guides
Artificial Reef
Field Guide
Benthic Band Count Species
Benthic Quadrat Count Species
Benthic Point Contact Species
Fish Quadrat Count Species
Fish Band Count Species
Wetland Restoration
All Species
Bird Count
Bird Feeding
Field Guides
/
Artificial Reef
/ Field Guide
Artificial Reef Field Guide:
Limaria hemphilli
Common Name
Hemphill's Fileclam
Code(s)
LIHE
Id Number
580
Taxa
Invertebrate
Mobility
Mobile
Colonial / Solitary
Solitary
Typical Substrate Type
Hard
Species Description
Shell is up to 30 mm long. Shell exterior is white, soft part is orange to pink. The mantle has long tentacles.
Species Habitat
Found beneath rocky substrate.
Species Range
Low intertidal zone to 50 m subtidal; Monterey Bay, California, to Alcapulco, Mexico.