Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Parent taxon: Limopsis according to E. J. Moore 1983
See also Covacevich and Frassinetti 1986, Dockery 1982, Fleming 1966, Marwick 1931 and Maxwell 1992
Sister taxa: Limopsis (Limopsista), Limopsis affinis, Limopsis aguilari, Limopsis antillensis, Limopsis aviculoides, Limopsis belcheri, Limopsis calva, Limopsis carmanahensis, Limopsis chapmani, Limopsis coemansi, Limopsis cossmanni, Limopsis cristata, Limopsis davinae, Limopsis demerei, Limopsis ellipsis, Limopsis gisbornensis, Limopsis grenadinarum, Limopsis hatoviejonis, Limopsis hirtella, Limopsis insolita, Limopsis invalida, Limopsis janeiroensis, Limopsis kunraediensis, Limopsis lawsi, Limopsis marionensis, Limopsis marwicki, Limopsis minima, Limopsis monbergi, Limopsis monilis, Limopsis morningtonensis, Limopsis multiradiata, Limopsis nitens, Limopsis onchodes, Limopsis ovalis, Limopsis parma, Limopsis paucidentata, Limopsis pelagica, Limopsis perieri, Limopsis peteri, Limopsis plana, Limopsis propeinvalida, Limopsis psimolis, Limopsis pygmaea, Limopsis radialis, Limopsis radiata, Limopsis silveradoensis, Limopsis spicata, Limopsis squiresi, Limopsis sulcata, Limopsis surinamensis, Limopsis tenella, Limopsis transversa, Limopsis turnbulli, Limopsis zealandica, Limopsis zitteli, Felicia phrear, Trigonocoelia curvirostris, Trigonocoelia ledoides, Pectunculina proceritas, Pectunculina scalaris, Limopsis (Pectunculina) multistriata, Limopsis (Pectunculina) grenadarum, Pectunculina parvicostata, Limopsis (Pectunculina) retifera, Limopsis (Pectunculina) lamellata, Limopsis (Pectunculina) fenestrata, Lunopsis hoerninghausii
Subtaxa: Limopsis (Limopsis) aurita Limopsis (Limopsis) cooki Limopsis (Limopsis) marysvillensis Limopsis (Limopsis) retifera Limopsis (Limopsis) waihaoensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection), Japan (1)
• Pliocene of Belgium (1), Italy (1), Spain (6), the United Kingdom (1)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Chile (1), Denmark (1), Germany (53), Italy (1), the Netherlands (2)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), Denmark (5)
• Eocene of New Zealand (2), United States (1: California)
• Cretaceous of Poland (1)
• Jurassic of Germany (6)
Total: 86 collections including 89 occurrences