Pseudolimea duplicata Sowerby 1814 (file clam)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Alternative combinations: Limaea duplicata, Limea (Pseudolimea) duplicata, Plagiostoma duplicata

Belongs to Pseudolimea according to J. Valls et al. 2004

See also Aberhan 1998, Lundgren 1895, Marwick 1953, Sha 1995 and Stilwell 1998

Sister taxa: Lima kerri, Lima kimbroensis, Lima pelagica woolseyi, Lima sellardsi, Limea (Pseudolimea) cristata, Limea (Pseudolimea) parva, Limea (Pseudolimea) pectinoides, Limea (Pseudolimea) roemeri, Pseudolimea chongi, Pseudolimea composita, Pseudolimea cumaunica, Pseudolimea dilatata, Pseudolimea fida, Pseudolimea hettangiensis, Pseudolimea inanis, Pseudolimea interplicosa, Pseudolimea itieriana, Pseudolimea kaplani, Pseudolimea koninckana, Pseudolimea liasina, Pseudolimea naumanni, Pseudolimea neglecta, Pseudolimea reticulata, Pseudolimea riccardii

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Afghanistan (2 collections), Canada (12: British Columbia), Chile (22), China (2), France (7), Georgia (1), Germany (23), Greenland (1), India (55), Italy (1), Kenya (2), Madagascar (3), Poland (10), Portugal (4), Romania (2), Saudi Arabia (2), Spain (40), Switzerland (1), Tanzania (7), the United Kingdom (4)

• Triassic of China (1)

Total: 202 collections including 206 occurrences

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