†Limea (Limea) riparia Maxwell 1992 (file clam)
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Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Full reference: P. A. Maxwell. 1992. Eocene Mollusca from the vicinity of McCulloch's Bridge, Waihao River, South Canterbury, New Zealand: Paleoecology and systematics. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 65:1-280
Belongs to Limea (Limea) according to P. A. Maxwell 1992
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: TM 6987, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Tahu Member, McCulloch's Bridge (Eocene of New Zealand)
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