Aviculolima jaekeli 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

Belongs to Aviculolima according to E. Philippi 1900

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rüdersdorf, near Berlin (Schaumkalk), which is in an Anisian marine horizon in the Jena Formation of Germany

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

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

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