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Limopsis silveradoensis

Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae

Taxonomy

Limopsis silveradoensis was named by Packard (1922). Its type specimen is UCMP 12324 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 2143, Santa Ana Mountains, which is in a Turonian marine mudstone in the Ladd Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

L. adamsiana, L. alvidae, L. alvildae, L. amandae, L. anomala, L. anomala, L. antarctica, L. aradasi, L. augustae, L. aurita, L. auritus, L. awadi, L. azumana, L. beaumariensis, L. calvus, L. campa, L. coemani, L. compressa, L. costulata, L. crenata, L. depressa, L. dolomitica, L. eucosmus, L. forskali, L. forteradiata, L. granulata, L. helenae, L. jamaicensis, L. kogata, L. ludbrookae, L. maccoyi, L. magdae, L. maggae, L. meeki, L. microps, L. minuscula, L. minuta, L. misjae, L. nanae, L. nummiformis, L. oblonga, L. osawanoensis, L. ovalis, L. parva, L. parvula, L. perbrevis, L. phacomorpha, L. quihi, L. ravni, L. reticulifera, L. rhomboidalis, L. rink, L. rupestris, L. sacheri, L. scalaris, L. shimonadensis, L. skinoshitai, L. subgranulata, L. tajimae, L. teresitae, L. tokaiensis, L. triangularis, L. vilmae, L. vixornata, L. yokoyamai, L. zelandica, L. zonalis, L. dejaeri, L. minuscula, L. cumingii, L. helenae, L. quenstedti, L. rhomboidalis, L. sacheri, L. tokaiensis, L. anomala, L. anomala, L. anomala, L. aradasi, L. aradasii, L. granulata, L. jamaicensis, L. lamellata, L. minuta, L. ovalis, L. recisa, L. rvonderhotchi, L. subangularis, L. subangularis, L. anomale

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1922	Limopsis silveradoensis Packard p. 419 figs. Plate 27, figures 2 and 4
2012	Limopsis silveradoensis Squires pp. 7 0- 8 figs. Figs. 3–13

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Arcioni	Gray 1854
order	Arcida	(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamily	Limopsoidea	Dall 1895
family	Limopsidae	Dall 1895
genus	Limopsis	Sassi 1827
species	silveradoensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Limopsis silveradoensis Packard 1922

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Entire body:

yesf

Adult length:

1.0 to < 10f

Adult width:

1.0 to < 10f

Adult height:

1.0 to < 10f

Thickness:

thinf

Folds:

nonef

Ribbing:

minorf

Spines:

nonef

Internal reinforcement:

nonef

Ontogeny:

accretionf

Environment:

outer shelf, oceanicf

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileg

Life habit:

epifaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-08-18 17:32:15

Modified:

2009-08-18 19:32:15

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	USA (California)	Limopsis silveradoensis (69619 229163)
Late/Upper Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	USA (California)	Limopsis silveradoensis (type locality: 207820 220390)
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	USA (California)	Limopsis silveradoensis (80933 80934 80935 80936)