Lima (Limatula) consobrina d'Orbigny 1845 (file clam)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Alternative combinations: Lima consobrina, Limatula consobrina

Belongs to Lima (Limatula) according to J. Weir 1929

See also Douvillé 1916

Sister taxa: Lima (Limatula) childerhosei, 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 shanglanensis, Limatula siligo, Limatula strangei, Limatula subaequilateralis, Limatula tadena, Limatula trulla

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (19 collections)

• Jurassic of Egypt (1), Greenland (11), the Russian Federation (3), Somalia (1)

Total: 35 collections each including a single occurrence

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