![banner3 Molluscs of Tasmania](https://molluscsoftasmania.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/banner3.jpg)
Limidae: Acesta (Acesta) saginata B. A. Marshall, 2001 (‘fattened file-shell’)
Synonym(s): saginata Marshall, 2001.
Typical shell-length not yet determined. Lives in offshore waters on sand and mud. Native. Occurs in southeastern Australia (TAS and perhaps other states); also New Zealand and New Caledonia. This species is not likely to be beached in Tasmania.
Classification
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Pteriomorphia
Order: Limoida
Superfamily: Limoidea
Family: Limidae
Genus: Acesta
![species image](https://molluscsoftasmania.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/no_image.jpg)
![locality map](https://molluscsoftasmania.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/no-spatial-records.jpg)