Limea alticosta Tate 1886 (file clam)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Full reference: R. Tate. 1886. The lamellibranchs of the Older Tertiary of Australia (part 1). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 8:96-158

Belongs to Limea according to R. Tate 1886

Sister taxa: Limaea solida, Limea (Eolimea), Limea (Isolimea), Limea (Limea), Limea acuticostata, Limea delanouei, Limea margineplicata, Limea nux, Limea strigilata, Limea strigillata, Limea tenuisculptata, Limea transenna

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Limea alticosta in the database

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