Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Alternative combination: Pectunculus aviculoides
Belongs to Limopsis according to M. A. Kosnik 2002
See also Harris 1919 and Heilprin 1879
Sister taxa: Limopsis (Limopsis), Limopsis (Limopsista), Limopsis affinis, Limopsis aguilari, Limopsis antillensis, 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 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, Felicia phrear, Trigonocoelia ledoides, Trigonocoelia curvirostris, Lunopsis hoerninghausii, Limopsis (Pectunculina) grenadarum, Pectunculina parvicostata, Pectunculina scalaris, Limopsis (Pectunculina) fenestrata, Limopsis (Pectunculina) lamellata, Limopsis (Pectunculina) multistriata, Pectunculina proceritas, Limopsis (Pectunculina) retifera
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (30: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina collections)
Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence
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