Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Alternative spelling: Lima (Ctenostreon)
Parent taxon: Limidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Maury 1936, Ronchetti 1970, Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Scholz et al. 2008 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acesta, Anomolima, Antarctolima, Antiquilima, Aviculolima, Badiotella, Callolima, Costellacesta, Ctenoides, Ctenostreoninae, Dimorphoconcha, Divarilima, Echinorbis, Elimata, Escalima, Gemellima, Latemaria, Lima, Limaria, Limatula, Limatuletta, Limatulinae, Limea, Liminae, Mantellina, Meotolima, Mysidioptera, Mysidiopterinae, Neoinoceramus, Notolimea, Palaeolima, Plagiostoma, Plagiostominae, Platilimaria, Plicacesta, Pseudoctenostreon, Pseudolimea, Pseudolucina, Roncania, Serania, Seymourtula
Subtaxa: Ctenostreon newelli Ctenostreon proboscideum Ctenostreon rugosum
Type: Ostracites pectiniformis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Hungary (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)
• Jurassic of Afghanistan (1), Argentina (4), Bulgaria (1), Canada (16: Alberta, British Columbia), Chile (82), China (2), Egypt (2), Ethiopia (1), France (19), Georgia (1), Germany (8), Hungary (1), India (15), Iran (4), Japan (3), Jordan (2), Kenya (1), Madagascar (3), Mexico (1), Morocco (7), Poland (2), Portugal (3), Romania (5), Saudi Arabia (1), Slovakia (1), Somalia (1), Spain (19), Switzerland (2), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (25), United States (14: Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming), Yemen (1)
• Triassic of Slovakia (1)
Total: 252 collections including 258 occurrences
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