Pseudolimea chongi Hayami et al. 1977 (file clam)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Full reference: I. Hayami, S. Maeda, and C. R. Fuller. 1977. Some Late Triassic Bivalvia and Gastropoda from the Domeyko Range of north Chile. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 108:202-221

Belongs to Pseudolimea according to I. Hayami et al. 1977

Sister taxa: Lima kerri, Lima kimbroensis, Lima pelagica woolseyi, Lima reticulata, Lima sellardsi, Limea (Pseudolimea) cristata, Limea (Pseudolimea) parva, Limea (Pseudolimea) pectinoides, Limea (Pseudolimea) roemeri, Pseudolimea composita, Pseudolimea cumaunica, Pseudolimea dilatata, Pseudolimea duplicata, Pseudolimea fida, Pseudolimea hettangiensis, Pseudolimea inanis, Pseudolimea interplicosa, Pseudolimea itieriana, Pseudolimea kaplani, Pseudolimea koninckana, Pseudolimea liasina, Pseudolimea naumanni, Pseudolimea neglecta, Pseudolimea riccardii

Type specimen: Its type locality is Domeyko Range, GCH 85, which is in a Norian/Rhaetian shallow subtidal limestone in Chile

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Domeyko Range, GCH 85

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