Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Full reference: L. Riedel. 1933. Die Oberkreide vom Mungofluß in Kamerun und ihre Fauna. Beiträge zur Geologischen Erforschung der Deutschen Schutzgebiete 16:1-154

Belongs to Lima (Plagiostoma) according to E. Dartevelle and S. Freneix 1957

Sister taxa: Lima (Plagiostoma) anonii, Lima (Plagiostoma) astartina, Lima (Plagiostoma) bognyensis, Lima (Plagiostoma) bynei, Lima (Plagiostoma) derbyi, Lima (Plagiostoma) fazendaestivica, Lima (Plagiostoma) grenieri, Lima (Plagiostoma) hellica, Lima (Plagiostoma) hoperi, Lima (Plagiostoma) kanei, Lima (Plagiostoma) mysica, Lima (Plagiostoma) notata, Lima (Plagiostoma) oregonensis, Lima (Plagiostoma) paolii, Lima (Plagiostoma) perplana, Lima (Plagiostoma) rigida, Lima (Plagiostoma) stabilei, Lima (Plagiostoma) subcardiiformis, Lima (Plagiostoma) ziona, Plagiostoma aequilateralis, Plagiostoma angulatum, Plagiostoma aurita, Plagiostoma bellula, Plagiostoma delettrei, Plagiostoma deltoideum, Plagiostoma dianense, Plagiostoma euximium, Plagiostoma gejiuense, Plagiostoma gigantea, Plagiostoma giganteum, Plagiostoma harronis, Plagiostoma hermanni, Plagiostoma hesione, Plagiostoma hoperi, Plagiostoma immensum, Plagiostoma inversa, Plagiostoma lenaensis, Plagiostoma malinovskyi, Plagiostoma marticensis, Plagiostoma nudum, Plagiostoma ootatoorensis, Plagiostoma popovi, Plagiostoma praecursor, Plagiostoma pratzi, Plagiostoma pseudohoernesi, Plagiostoma punctata, Plagiostoma punctatum, Plagiostoma rigida, Plagiostoma rodburgensis, Plagiostoma semicircularis, Plagiostoma striatum, Plagiostoma sublaeviusculum, Plagiostoma subpunctatoides, Plagiostoma subsimplex, Plagiostoma subvaloniense, Plagiostoma tihensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Near Bombe, Mungo River, which is in a Coniacian carbonate limestone in the Mungo River Formation of Cameroon

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

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