Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Full reference: R. L. Squires. 2012. Additions to Late Cretaceous shallow-marine limopsid bivalves and neogastropods from California. Contributions to Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 520:5-14
Belongs to Limopsis according to R. L. Squires 2012
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 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, Trigonocoelia ledoides, Trigonocoelia curvirostris, Felicia phrear, Lunopsis hoerninghausii, Limopsis (Pectunculina) lamellata, Limopsis (Pectunculina) grenadarum, Limopsis (Pectunculina) multistriata, Pectunculina scalaris, Pectunculina parvicostata, Limopsis (Pectunculina) retifera, Limopsis (Pectunculina) fenestrata, Pectunculina proceritas
Type specimen: LACMIP 13714, a valve (right valve). Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 4898, El Camino Real, near Carlsbad Research Center, which is in a Maastrichtian coastal siliciclastic in the Point Loma Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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