Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Full reference: F. X. Guo. 1985. Fossil Bivalves of Yunnan 1-319
Belongs to Limatula according to F. X. Guo 1985
Sister taxa: Lima (Limatula) childerhosei, Lima (Limatula) consobrina, Lima (Limatula) elliptica, Lima (Limatula) erecta, Lima (Limatula) pichleri, Lima (Limatula) suciensis, Lima (Limatula) turgidula, Lima (Limatula) woodsi, Limatula (Limatula), Limatula (Limatuletta), Limatula (Stabilima), Limatula acutilineata, Limatula asymbleta, Limatula cerealis, Limatula covacevichi, Limatula deceptionensis, Limatula decussata, Limatula gerardi, Limatula jeffreysiana, Limatula ovata, Limatula persimilis, Limatula ponderi, Limatula punctatilla, Limatula siligo, Limatula strangei, Limatula subaequilateralis, Limatula tadena, Limatula trulla
Type specimen: IVy 0194, a valve (Left valve, external mold). Its type locality is Shanglan, Jianchuan County, which is in an Anisian marine horizon in the Shanglan Formation of China.
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Shanglan, Jianchuan County
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