Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Alternative combination: Lima dilatata
Full reference: A. von Koenen. 1897. Ueber Fossilien der unteren Kreide am Ufer des Mungo in Kamerun. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse. Neue Folge 1:3-48
Belongs to Pseudolimea according to E. Dartevelle and S. Freneix 1957
See also von Koenen 1897
Sister taxa: Lima kerri, Lima kimbroensis, Lima pelagica woolseyi, Lima reticulata, Lima sellardsi, Limea (Pseudolimea) cristata, Limea (Pseudolimea) parva, Limea (Pseudolimea) pectinoides, Limea (Pseudolimea) roemeri, Pseudolimea chongi, Pseudolimea composita, Pseudolimea cumaunica, Pseudolimea duplicata, Pseudolimea fida, Pseudolimea hettangiensis, Pseudolimea inanis, Pseudolimea interplicosa, Pseudolimea itieriana, Pseudolimea kaplani, Pseudolimea koninckana, Pseudolimea liasina, Pseudolimea naumanni, Pseudolimea neglecta, Pseudolimea riccardii
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Mungo River, between Mundame and Eliki (Cretaceous of Cameroon)
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