Limatula was named by Wood (1839) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr m R]. It is extant. Its type is Pecten subauriculata.

It was reranked as Radula (Limatula) by Stoliczka (1871); it was reranked as Lima (Limatula) by Wilckens (1910), Popenoe (1937).

It was assigned to Radula by Stoliczka (1871); to Lima by Wilckens (1910), Popenoe (1937); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); to Limatulinae by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Limidae by Vokes (1980), Woodring (1982), Moore (1987), Beu et al. (1990), Maxwell (1992), Lamprell and Whitehead (1992), Wienrich (1999), Todd (2001), Marquet (2002), Spencer et al. (2004), El Qot (2006), Robinson and Lee (2011), Ros-Franch et al. (2014).