Limopsis monilis Olsson 1922 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1922. The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 9(39):1-309

Belongs to Limopsis according to A. A. Olsson 1922

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Old Man Sam Creek, which is in a Pliocene marine siliciclastic in Costa Rica

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Old Man Sam Creek

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