Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Alternative combinations: Lima retifera, Paleolima retifera
Full reference: B. F. Shumard and G.C. Swallow. 1858. Descriptions of new fossils from the Coal Measures of Missouri and Kansas. Academy of Science of St. Louis Transactions 1:198-227
Belongs to Palaeolima according to R. D. Hoare et al. 1979
See also Diener 1903, Elias 1958, Girty 1915, Hoare 1961, Morningstar 1922, Shumard and Swallow 1858 and Winters 1963
Sister taxa: Palaeolima afanasievi, Palaeolima anfuensis, Palaeolima anshunensis, Palaeolima antinaoensis, Palaeolima badiotica, Palaeolima chekiangensis, Palaeolima dieneri, Palaeolima fasciculicostata, Palaeolima footei, Palaeolima hunanensis, Palaeolima jiaheensis, Palaeolima kasanensis, Palaeolima krotowi, Palaeolima laticostata, Palaeolima middlemissi, Palaeolima minima, Palaeolima nakamurai, Palaeolima nodosocostata, Palaeolima petaline, Palaeolima planocosta, Palaeolima sichuanensis, Palaeolima simplex, Palaeolima striatocostata, Paleolima triplistriata
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of India (1 collection), United States (5: Alaska, Arizona)
• Carboniferous of Spain (1), United States (10: Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
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