Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Full reference: J. Marwick. 1926. Molluscan fauna of the Waiarekan stage of the Oamaru Series. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 56:307-316
Belongs to Limatula according to Marwick 1926
Sister taxa: Lima (Limatula) childerhosei, Lima (Limatula) consobrina, Lima (Limatula) elliptica, Lima (Limatula) erecta, Lima (Limatula) pichleri, Lima (Limatula) suciensis, Lima (Limatula) turgidula, Lima (Limatula) woodsi, Limatula (Limatula), Limatula (Limatuletta), Limatula (Stabilima), Limatula acutilineata, Limatula asymbleta, Limatula cerealis, Limatula covacevichi, Limatula deceptionensis, Limatula decussata, Limatula gerardi, Limatula jeffreysiana, Limatula ovata, Limatula persimilis, Limatula ponderi, Limatula punctatilla, Limatula shanglanensis, Limatula siligo, Limatula strangei, Limatula subaequilateralis, Limatula tadena
Type specimen: Its type locality is Lorne, which is in a Kaiatan marine tuff in the Waiareka tuff Formation of New Zealand
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Eocene of New Zealand (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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