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Limopsoidea

Bivalvia - Arcida

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Limopsacea Dall
1895Limopsoidea Dall
1965Limopsacea Newell p. 17
1980Limopsacea Vokes p. 19
1982Limopsacea Dockery p. 36
1984Limnopsacea Squires p. 41
1987Limnopsacea Squires p. 55
1987Limopsacea Ward and Blackwelder p. 129
1990Limopsacea Beu et al. pp. 393, 394
1992Limopsacea Maxwell pp. 60, 62
1992Limopsoidea Ward p. 60
1997Limopsoidea Cope p. 727
2000Limopsoidea Coan et al. p. 145
2001Limopsoidea Todd
2006Limopsoidea Anelli et al. p. 124
2006Limopsoidea Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 228
2009Limopsoidea Nevesskaja
2010Limopsoidea Bouchet et al.
2011Limopsoidea Carter et al. p. 7
2012Limopsoidea Squires p. 6
2023Limopsoidea Hickman p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLimopsoideaDall 1895
superfamilyLimopsoideaDall 1895

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.

Superfm. Limopsoidea Dall 1895
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Fm. Limopsidae Dall 1895
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G. Limopsis Sassi 1827
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Limopsis affinis Verrill 1885
†Limopsis aguilari Bose 1906
†Limopsis aviculoides Conrad 1862
†Limopsis belcheri Adams and Reeve 1850
†Limopsis calva Sowerby 1832
†Limopsis carmanahensis Clark 1925
†Limopsis chapmani Singleton 1932
†Limopsis coemansi Briart and Cornet 1868
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Invalid names: Limopsis albiensis Woods 1899 [synonym]
†Limopsis cossmanni Dall 1895
Limopsis cristata Jeffreys 1876
Limopsis davinae Esteves 1984
†Limopsis demerei Squires 2012
†Limopsis ellipsis Lea 1833
†Limopsis gisbornensis Maxwell 1978
†Limopsis grenadinarum Jung 1971
†Limopsis hatoviejonis Maury 1917
Limopsis hirtella Mabille and Rochebrune 1889
†Limopsis insolita Sowerby 1846
†Limopsis invalida Marwick 1928
†Limopsis kunraediensis Vogel 1895
†Limopsis lawsi King 1933
†Limopsis marwicki Powell 1938
†Limopsis minima Sowerby 1824
†Limopsis monbergi Ravn 1939
†Limopsis monilis Olsson 1922
†Limopsis morningtonensis Pritchard 1901
†Limopsis multiradiata Tate 1886
†Limopsis nitens Conrad 1849
†Limopsis ovalis Gabb 1873
†Limopsis parma Marwick 1929
Limopsis pelagica Smith 1885
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Invalid names: Limopsis profundicola Verrill and Bush 1898 [synonym]
Limopsis perieri Fischer 1869
†Limopsis peteri Beu 1969
Limopsis plana Verrill 1895
†Limopsis psimolis Anelli et al. 2006
Limopsis pygmaea Philippi 1836
†Limopsis radiata Meyer 1885
†Limopsis silveradoensis Packard 1922
Limopsis spicata Oliver and Allen 1980
†Limopsis squiresi Hickman 2023
Limopsis sulcata Verrill and Bush 1898
Limopsis surinamensis Oliver and Allen 1980
Limopsis tenella Jeffreys 1876
†Limopsis transversa Gabb 1864
†Limopsis turnbulli Beu 2006
†Limopsis zealandica Hutton 1873
†Limopsis zitteli Ihering 1907
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Invalid names: Limopsis catenata Suter 1917 [synonym]
Invalid names: Circlimopa Iredale 1939 [synonym], Cnisma Mayer 1868 [synonym], Cosmetopsis Rovereto 1898 [synonym], Crenulilimopsis Kuroda and Habe 1971 [synonym], Cyrenolimopsis Habe 1943 [synonym], Empleconia Dall 1908 [synonym], Felicia Rochebrune and Mabille 1889 [synonym], Limopsis (Limopsista) Finlay and Marwick 1937 [invalid subgroup], Loringella Iredale 1929 [synonym], Lunopsis d'Orbigny 1850 [synonym], Nipponolimopsis Habe 1951 [synonym], Oblimopa Iredale 1939 [synonym], Pectunculina d'Orbigny 1843 [synonym], Phrynelima Iredale 1929 [synonym], Senectidens Iredale 1931 [synonym], Trigonocoelia Nyst and Galeotti 1839 [synonym], Versipella Iredale 1931 [synonym]
G. Lissarca Smith 1877
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Lissarca exilis Suter 1913
Lissarca harrisonae Powell 1927
Lissarca pisum Suter 1913
Lissarca stationis Fleming 1948
G. †Notolimopsis Maxwell 1969
G. †Nucunella d'Orbigny 1849
Subfm. †Vasconellinae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979
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G. †Vasconella Boussac 1911
Invalid names: Aupouriidae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979 [synonym]
Invalid names: Limopsacea Dall 1895 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 12:30:23
Modified: 2007-10-05 07:32:23
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliensbachian to the top of the Holocene or 189.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 183.0 Ma

Collections (537 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Germany Limopsis sp. (23813)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Germany (Bavaria) Limopsis sp. 1 (23853 23858 23860) Limopsis sp. 2, Limopsis sp. 1 (23855)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Germany Limopsis sp. (23626 23628 23814 23818 23842 23843 23846) Limopsis sp., Limopsis sp. (23815 23816 23817 23844)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Germany Limopsis quenstedti (126569) Limopsis quenstedti, Limopsis sp. (159446)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Limopsis minima (204056 204059 204064)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Hungary Limopsis teresitae (124884)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Champagne-Ardenne) Limopsis minima (96187)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Picardie) Limopsis minima (96147 96150 96160)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Champagne-Ardenne) Limopsis minima (96154 96166 96168 96185 96189)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Picardie) Limopsis minima (96157 96162 96175 96178)
Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Picardie) Limopsis minima (96146)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France (Normandy) Limopsis sp. (4857)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) Limopsis dolomitica (1778)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0New Zealand Limopsis sp. (83426)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Hungary Limopsis coemani (74890)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5India Limopsis sp. A, Limopsis sp. B, Limopsis coemansi (228245)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5India Limopsis coemansi (228246) Limopsis sp. A, Limopsis sp. B, Limopsis coemansi (228244)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Limopsis silveradoensis (80933 80934 80935 80936) Limopsis sp. (220381)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (California) Limopsis silveradoensis (215758 229163)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (California) Limopsis silveradoensis (220390)