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Limatula (Limatula) Wood 1839 (file clam)

Bivalvia - Limida - Limidae

Parent taxon: Limatula according to H. G. Spencer et al. 2004

See also Maxwell 1992

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 (Limatuletta), Limatula (Stabilima), Limatula asymbleta, Limatula cerealis, Limatula covacevichi, Limatula deceptionensis, Limatula decussata, Limatula gerardi, Limatula huidongensis, Limatula jeffreysiana, Limatula ovata, Limatula persimilis, Limatula ponderi, Limatula punctatilla, Limatula shanglanensis, Limatula siligo, Limatula strangei, Limatula subaequilateralis, Limatula tadena, Limatula trulla

Subtaxa: Limatula (Limatula) acherontis Limatula (Limatula) attenuata Limatula (Limatula) maoria Limatula (Limatula) powelli Limatula (Limatula) raoulica Limatula (Limatula) saturna Limatula (Limatula) vigilis

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Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Antarctica (2 collections), United States (1: Alaska)

• Eocene of New Zealand (2)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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