Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Alternative combination: Lima footei
Full reference: W. Waagen. 1881. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part III. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(3):185-328
Belongs to Palaeolima according to H. Termier and G. Termier 1970
See also Vaillant-Couturier Treat 1933 and Waagen 1881
Sister taxa: Palaeolima afanasievi, Palaeolima anfuensis, Palaeolima anshunensis, Palaeolima antinaoensis, Palaeolima badiotica, Palaeolima chekiangensis, Palaeolima dieneri, Palaeolima fasciculicostata, Palaeolima hunanensis, Palaeolima jiaheensis, Palaeolima kasanensis, Palaeolima krotowi, Palaeolima laticostata, Palaeolima middlemissi, Palaeolima minima, Palaeolima nakamurai, Palaeolima nodosocostata, Palaeolima petaline, Palaeolima planocosta, Palaeolima retifera, Palaeolima sichuanensis, Palaeolima simplex, Palaeolima striatocostata, Paleolima triplistriata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Chidru, topmost Productus Limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Changhsingian coastal sandstone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Madagascar (1 collection), Pakistan (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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