Limaria (Limatulella) obliqua Lamarck 1806 (file clam)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Alternative combination: Lima obliqua

Full reference: J. -B. Lamarck. 1806. Mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris (suite 6). Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 7:53-430

Belongs to Limaria (Limatulella) according to M. Glibert 1975

See also Lamarck 1806

Sister taxa: Limaria (Limaria), Limaria (Limatuella), Limaria hemphilli, Limaria labani, Limaria orientalis, Limaria pacifica, Limaria pellucida, Limaria (Limatulella) loscombii, Lima (Promantellum) florpacifica, Promantellum polynema

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Limaria (Limatulella) obliqua in the database

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