†Limea (Isolimea) claytonensis Dickerson 1914 (file clam)
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Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Species questionably attributed to Lima by Dickerson 1914
Alternative combination: Lima claytonensis
Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1914. Fauna of the Martinez Eocene of California. Bulletin of the Department of Geology, University of California 6:61-180
Belongs to Limea (Isolimea) according to E. J. Moore 1987
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UCMP 11720, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP 1558, which is in a Paleocene marine horizon in the Martinez Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at UCMP 1558
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