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Limatula (Limatula)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Taxonomy

Limatula (Limatula) was named by Wood (1839). It is extant.

It was assigned to Limatula by Wood (1839), Maxwell (1992) and Spencer et al. (2004).

Subtaxa

Limatula (Limatula) acherontis, Limatula (Limatula) attenuata, Limatula (Limatula) maoria, Limatula (Limatula) powelli, Limatula (Limatula) raoulica, Limatula (Limatula) saturna (syn. Limatula californica, Limatula macleani), Limatula (Limatula) vigilis

Species lacking formal opinion data

Limatula gerassimovi, Limatula kovatschensis, Limatula moorei, Limatula pilvoensis, Limatula sabulosa, Limatula tadinii, Limatula tombeckiana, Limatula vladivostokensis, Limatula waitahana

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1839	Limatula (Limatula) Wood
1992	Limatula (Limatula) Maxwell
2004	Limatula (Limatula) Spencer et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Pectinida	(Gray 1854)
suborder	Anomiidina	Gray 1854
—	Limoidei	(Moore 1952)
superfamily	Limoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Limidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Limatula	Wood 1839
subgenus	Limatula	Wood 1839

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.

Subg. Limatula (Limatula) Wood 1839

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Limatula (Limatula) acherontis Fleming 1978

Limatula (Limatula) attenuata Dall 1916

Limatula (Limatula) maoria Finlay 1926

Limatula (Limatula) powelli Fleming 1978

Limatula (Limatula) raoulica Fleming 1978

Limatula (Limatula) saturna Bernard 1978

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Invalid names: Limatula californica Bernard 1988 [synonym], Limatula macleani Bernard 1988 [synonym]

Limatula (Limatula) vigilis Fleming 1978

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Composition 2:

low Mg calcitef

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileg

Attached:

yesg

Life habit:

low-level epifaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-09-09 08:37:02

Modified:

2009-10-10 17:42:18

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

References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 37.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene	37.2 - 33.9	New Zealand (Canterbury)	Limatula pontis (45037 45041)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.781	Antarctica	Limatula simillima (48431 48434)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (Alaska)	Lima attenuata (37632)