Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Full reference: L. E. Anelli, A. C. Rocha-Campos, P. R. Santos, J. A. J. Perinotto, and F. Quaglio. 2006. Early Miocene bivalves from the Cape Melville Formation, King George Island, West Antarctic. Alcheringa 30(1):111-132
Belongs to Limopsis according to L. E. Anelli et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Limopsis (Limopsis), Limopsis (Limopsista), Limopsis affinis, Limopsis aguilari, Limopsis antillensis, Limopsis aviculoides, Limopsis belcheri, Limopsis calva, Limopsis carmanahensis, Limopsis chapmani, Limopsis coemansi, Limopsis cossmanni, Limopsis cristata, Limopsis davinae, Limopsis demerei, Limopsis ellipsis, Limopsis gisbornensis, Limopsis grenadinarum, Limopsis hatoviejonis, Limopsis hirtella, Limopsis insolita, Limopsis invalida, Limopsis janeiroensis, Limopsis kunraediensis, Limopsis lawsi, Limopsis marionensis, Limopsis marwicki, Limopsis minima, Limopsis monbergi, Limopsis monilis, Limopsis morningtonensis, Limopsis multiradiata, Limopsis nitens, Limopsis onchodes, Limopsis ovalis, Limopsis parma, Limopsis paucidentata, Limopsis pelagica, Limopsis perieri, Limopsis peteri, Limopsis plana, Limopsis propeinvalida, Limopsis pygmaea, Limopsis radialis, Limopsis radiata, Limopsis silveradoensis, Limopsis spicata, Limopsis squiresi, Limopsis sulcata, Limopsis surinamensis, Limopsis tenella, Limopsis transversa, Limopsis turnbulli, Limopsis zealandica, Limopsis zitteli, Felicia phrear, Trigonocoelia ledoides, Trigonocoelia curvirostris, Lunopsis hoerninghausii, Limopsis (Pectunculina) fenestrata, Limopsis (Pectunculina) lamellata, Limopsis (Pectunculina) grenadarum, Pectunculina parvicostata, Limopsis (Pectunculina) multistriata, Pectunculina proceritas, Limopsis (Pectunculina) retifera, Pectunculina scalaris
Type specimen: GP/1T2175, a shell. Its type locality is Cape Melville Fm - Hard Ground section, King George Island, which is in a Miocene offshore mudstone in the Cape Melville Formation of Antarctica.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Cape Melville Fm - Hard Ground section, King George Island
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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