Lima (Limatula) erecta Meek 1877 (file clam)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Full reference: F. B. Meek. 1877. Part I. Palaeontology. Report of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel 4:1-197

Belongs to Lima (Limatula) according to F. B. Meek 1877

Sister taxa: Lima (Limatula) childerhosei, Lima (Limatula) consobrina, Lima (Limatula) elliptica, Lima (Limatula) pichleri, Lima (Limatula) suciensis, Lima (Limatula) turgidula, Lima (Limatula) woodsi, Limatula (Limatula), Limatula (Limatuletta), Limatula (Stabilima), 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, Limatula trulla

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lima (Limatula) erecta in the database

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