Lima (Limatula) woodsi Suter 1921 (file clam)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Alternative combination: Limea (Pseudolimea) woodsi

Belongs to Lima (Limatula) according to Suter 1921

Sister taxa: Lima (Limatula) childerhosei, Lima (Limatula) consobrina, Lima (Limatula) elliptica, Lima (Limatula) erecta, Lima (Limatula) pichleri, Lima (Limatula) turgidula, Limatula (Limatula), Limatula (Limatuletta), Limatula (Stabilima), Limatula acutilineata, Limatula asymbleta, Limatula cerealis, Limatula covacevichi, Limatula deceptionensis, Limatula decussata, Limatula gerardi, Limatula jeffreysiana, Limatula ovata, Limatula persimilis, Limatula ponderi, Limatula punctatilla, Limatula shanglanensis, Limatula siligo, Limatula strangei, Limatula subaequilateralis, Limatula tadena, Limatula trulla

Type specimen: Its type locality is Dave Weeks place, Coon Creek, which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone in the Ripley Formation of Tennessee

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of New Zealand (25 collections), United States (1: Tennessee)

Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence

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