Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Full reference: R. L. Squires and R. A. Demetrion. 1992. Paleontology of the Eocene Bateque Formation, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) 434:1-55

Belongs to Lima according to R. L. Squires and R. A. Demetrion 1992

Sister taxa: Glaucion, Lima (Lima), Lima (Lima) pelagica, Lima (Mantellum), Lima (Regalilima), Lima (Tirolidia), Lima acuta, Lima aequilatera, Lima alpissordidae, Lima alternans, Lima amaxensis, Lima appressa, Lima areolaris, Lima austriaca, Lima azzarolae, Lima balatonica, Lima bassii, Lima bela, Lima blackburnei, Lima bulloides, Lima canalifera, Lima cancellata, Lima caribaea, Lima cholla, Lima cinnabarensis, Lima clathrata, Lima colorata, Lima connectens, Lima coodei, Lima costata, Lima costulata, Lima cottaldina, Lima delaunayi, Lima densepunctata, Lima dilleri, Lima discus, Lima distincta, Lima eocenica, Lima ericensis, Lima espinal, Lima exilis, Lima flexicostata, Lima fulgurans, Lima geronimoensis, Lima glacialis, Lima goliath, Lima goyoni, Lima halensis, Lima harrisiana, Lima incurvostriata, Lima iraonensis, Lima kimballi, Lima klipsteini, Lima lima, Lima lineata, Lima lineatopunctatus, Lima linguliformis, Lima loczyi, Lima martini, Lima maxima, Lima microtis, Lima moeschi, Lima multilineata, Lima muralensis, Lima nana, Lima oliva, Lima packardi, Lima pangymna, Lima parallela, Lima paulula, Lima paupercula, Lima plicatula, Lima polyactina, Lima reniformis, Lima retifera, Lima robertsae, Lima sayrei, Lima schardti, Lima shastensis, Lima strigilis, Lima subauriculata, Lima subdensepunctata, Lima subdistincta, Lima subdupla, Lima subpunctata, Lima subretifera, Lima succincta, Lima taylorensis, Lima telleri, Lima tenuilineata, Lima tetrica, Lima transversa, Lima vulgaris, Lima wacoensis, Lima williamsoni, Lima xiangnanensis, Lima zealandica, Lima zitteli, Limigenus, Radula bernayi, Lima (Radula) mungoensis, Lima (Radula) skuphi, Lima (Radula) valmariannae, Lima (Radula) baungensis, Lima (Radula) subcumaunica, Lima (Radula) baliana

Type specimen: Its type locality is CSUN Loc1220b, Mesa la Salina, which is in a Ypresian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone/limestone in the Bateque Formation of Mexico.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at CSUN Loc. 1220b, Mesa la Salina

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