Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Full reference: W. P. Woodring. 1982. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(F)
Belongs to Limatula according to W. P. Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Lima (Limatula) childerhosei, Lima (Limatula) consobrina, 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 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
Type specimen: USNM 647249, a shell. Its type locality is Woodring Loc. 138 [lower Gatun Fm], which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in the Gatun Formation of Panama.
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Woodring Loc. 138 [lower Gatun Fm]
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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