Aviculolima Philippi 1900 (file clam)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Full reference: E. Philippi. 1900. Beiträge zur Morphologie und Phylogenie der Lamellibranchier. III. Lima und ihre Untergattungen. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 52(4):619-639

Parent taxon: Limidae according to S. Ros-Franch et al. 2014

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Acesta, Anomolima, Antarctolima, Antiquilima, Badiotella, Callolima, Costellacesta, Ctenoides, Ctenostreon, Ctenostreoninae, Dimorphoconcha, Divarilima, Echinorbis, Elimata, Escalima, Gemellima, Latemaria, Lima, Limaria, Limatula, Limatuletta, Limatulinae, Limea, Liminae, Mantellina, Meotolima, Mysidioptera, Mysidiopterinae, Neoinoceramus, Notolimea, Palaeolima, Plagiostoma, Plagiostominae, Platilimaria, Plicacesta, Pseudoctenostreon, Pseudolimea, Pseudolucina, Roncania, Serania, Seymourtula

Subtaxa: Aviculolima jaekeli

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Type: Aviculolima jaekeli

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Rüdersdorf, near Berlin (Schaumkalk) (Triassic of Germany)

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