Limoptera Hall 1869 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae

Synonym: Myalinodanta Oehlert 1881

Parent taxon: Pterineidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980

See also Babin 1966, Bouchet et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Actinodesma, Actinopterella, Actinopterellinae, Actinopteria, Alnifia, Anderkenia, Barbosaia, Bolsopteria, Caneyella, Cheiopteria, Cliopteria, Cornellites, Cyrtodontarca, Denticelox, Dolichopteron, Ectenodesma, Eopterinea, Glyptodesma, Guichiella, Leiopteriinae, Leptodesma, Leptodesmatinae, Limopterinae, Merismopteria, Micropteriinae, Molinicola, Nennapteria, Oxytomoidea, Palaeopinna, Palaeopteria, Placopterina, Pseudobakewellia, Pterinea, Pteronitella, Pteronites, Pteronitina, Ptychopteria, Tolmaia, Wuxuanites, Ahtioconcha

Subtaxa: Limoptera sarmenticia

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Osagean of United States (1: Indiana collection)

• Devonian of Australia (2), Canada (9: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec), China (6), Germany (3), United States (16: Indiana, New York, Ohio)

• Silurian of Poland (1)

Total: 38 collections including 41 occurrences

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