Limopsis insolita Sowerby 1846 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae

Alternative combination: Trigonocoelia insolita

Belongs to Limopsis according to M. Griffin and S. N. Nielsen 2008

See also Frassinetti and Covacevich 1999

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 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 psimolis, 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, Pectunculina parvicostata, Limopsis (Pectunculina) lamellata, Pectunculina proceritas, Limopsis (Pectunculina) fenestrata, Limopsis (Pectunculina) grenadarum, Limopsis (Pectunculina) multistriata, Pectunculina scalaris, Limopsis (Pectunculina) retifera, Trigonocoelia ledoides, Trigonocoelia curvirostris, Felicia phrear, Lunopsis hoerninghausii

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Antarctica (1 collection)

• Miocene of Argentina (8), Chile (2)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Oligocene of Argentina (2)

• Eocene to Oligocene of Argentina (2)

• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Eocene of Australia (1)

Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence

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