Lima (Limatula) suciensis Whiteaves 1903 (file clam)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Alternative combination: Lima suciensis

Full reference: J. F. Whiteaves. 1903. Mesozoic Fossils, Volume I. Part V - On Some Additional Fossils from the Vancouver Cretaceous, with a Revised List of the Species Therefrom 309-415

Belongs to Lima (Limatula) according to W. P. Popenoe 1937

See also Whiteaves 1903

Sister taxa: Lima (Limatula) childerhosei, Lima (Limatula) consobrina, Lima (Limatula) elliptica, Lima (Limatula) erecta, Lima (Limatula) pichleri, Lima (Limatula) turgidula, Lima (Limatula) woodsi, Limatula (Limatula), Limatula (Limatuletta), Limatula (Stabilima), Limatula acutilineata, Limatula asymbleta, Limatula cerealis, Limatula covacevichi, Limatula deceptionensis, Limatula decussata, Limatula gerardi, Limatula jeffreysiana, Limatula ovata, Limatula persimilis, Limatula ponderi, Limatula punctatilla, Limatula shanglanensis, Limatula siligo, Limatula strangei, Limatula subaequilateralis, Limatula tadena, Limatula trulla

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at LACMIP loc. 8198, Santa Ana Mountains (Cretaceous of California)

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