Limaria hians

Limaria hians
	Two flame shells which have been torn from their protective nest at the bottom of Loch Carron in Scotland
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Limida
Family:	Limidae
Genus:	Limaria
Species:	L. hians
Binomial name
	Limaria hians; (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
	List Lima aperta G. B. Sowerby II, 1843 ; Lima dehiscens Conrad, 1837 ; Lima hians (Gmelin, 1791) ; Lima laevigata Risso, 1826 ; Lima levigata Risso, 1826 ; Lima oblonga S. V. Wood, 1839 ; Lima tenera W. Turton, 1825 ; Lima tenuis Leach, 1852 ; Lima vitrina T. Brown, 1827 ; Mantellum hians (Gmelin, 1791) ; Mantellum hians var. mediterranea Monterosato, 1884 ; Ostrea glaciata Salis Marschlins, 1793 ; Ostrea hians Gmelin, 1791 ; Radula hians (Gmelin, 1791) ; Radula hians var. transiens Cerulli-Irelli, 1907;

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.