Alternative spelling: Limacea
Parent taxon: Limoidei according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Beu et al. 1990, Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Coan et al. 2000, Hickman 2023, Maxwell 1992, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Ride et al. 1999, Stilwell et al. 2004, Todd 2001 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxon: Gloverilima
Subtaxa: Isolimeidae Limidae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antarctica (6 collections), Argentina (1), Australia (2), the Bahamas (3), Bermuda (3), Cuba (3), Djibouti (1), Ecuador (2), France (1), Greece (4), Greenland (2), Haiti (1), Italy (3), Jamaica (1), Japan (5), Kenya (4), Mexico (2), Morocco (4), New Zealand (1), Panama (1), Portugal (1), South Africa (5), Spain (3), Sudan (1), Taiwan (1), Thailand (1), Tonga (3), United States (19: Alaska, California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina), Uruguay (1), Yemen (4)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (2)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), Belgium (5), Chile (5), Costa Rica (2), the Dominican Republic (6), Ecuador (2), Fiji (2), Greece (1), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), Indonesia (3), Italy (1), Jamaica (4), Japan (2), New Zealand (1), Panama (3), the United Kingdom (5), United States (8: California, Florida, South Carolina), Venezuela (4)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (12), Argentina (2), Australia (4), Austria (4), Belgium (3), Brazil (3), Bulgaria (3), Cyprus (4), the Dominican Republic (2), France (3), Germany (12), Grenada (1), Hungary (1), India (1), Italy (3), Japan (7), Libya (1), Malta (1), Moldova (5), Morocco (3), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (18), Panama (5), Poland (6), Portugal (2), the Russian Federation (5), Slovakia (3), South Africa (1), Spain (2), United States (18: California, Florida), Vanuatu (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (2), the Russian Federation (2)
• Oligocene of Argentina (1), Australia (1), Bulgaria (1), Colombia (1), Denmark (2), France (5), New Zealand (10), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (3), United States (16: Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Washington), Venezuela (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Argentina (2), Australia (3), Bulgaria (4), Croatia (1), Egypt (2), France (2), Italy (3), Japan (8), Mexico (2), New Zealand (17), Peru (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (2), United States (28: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene to Eocene of the Russian Federation (1)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (4), Argentina (9), Australia (3), Austria (1), Belgium (6), China (1), Denmark (6), France (1), Japan (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (10: California, Texas)
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (4), Angola (2), Antarctica (6), Argentina (59), Australia (1), Austria (2), Azerbaijan (2), Belgium (2), Bolivia (1), Brazil (20), Bulgaria (1), Cameroon (8), Canada (1: British Columbia), Chile (3), China (2), the Congo-Brazzaville (4), Cuba (1), the Czech Republic (2), Denmark (3), Ecuador (1), Egypt (20), France (28), Gabon (5), Germany (16), Greenland (3), Hungary (2), India (4), Italy (6), Jamaica (2), Japan (12), Kazakhstan (3), Libya (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (10), Mozambique (2), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (62), Nigeria (4), Oman (1), Peru (12), Poland (14), Portugal (4), the Russian Federation (39), Saudi Arabia (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Sweden (1), Switzerland (22), Tanzania (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Tunisia (1), USSR (1), Ukraine (2), the United Arab Emirates (2), the United Kingdom (23), United States (335: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah)
• Jurassic of Afghanistan (3), Argentina (6), Belgium (1), Bulgaria (8), Canada (83: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon), Chile (215), China (7), Egypt (3), Eritrea (2), Ethiopia (21), France (146), Georgia (1), Germany (56), Greenland (84), Hungary (7), India (107), Iran (11), Italy (8), Japan (13), Jordan (7), Kenya (22), Lebanon (1), Luxembourg (5), Madagascar (14), Mexico (5), Morocco (7), New Zealand (20), Peru (1), Poland (12), Portugal (33), Romania (8), the Russian Federation (12), Saudi Arabia (34), Serbia and Montenegro (5), Slovakia (2), Somalia (15), Spain (156), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (6), Switzerland (7), Tanzania (22), Thailand (2), Tunisia (18), Turkey (5), the United Kingdom (189), United States (69: Alaska, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming, Wyoming ), Vietnam (1), Yemen (13)
• Triassic to Jurassic of Chile (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Triassic of Argentina (6), Australia (1), Austria (66), Bosnia and Herzegovina (11), Bulgaria (1), Canada (4: British Columbia), Chile (5), China (37), Colombia (1), France (2), Germany (16), Hungary (38), India (2), Indonesia (10), Iran (22), Italy (42), Japan (10), Jordan (1), Mexico (2), New Caledonia (6), New Zealand (20), Pakistan (3), Papua New Guinea (1), Poland (8), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (31), Serbia and Montenegro (4), Singapore (1), Slovakia (5), Slovenia (1), Spain (4), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (9), Switzerland (1), Turkey (3), Ukraine (1), the United Arab Emirates (7), the United Kingdom (6), United States (24: Alaska, California, Nevada, Oregon), Vietnam (2)
• Permian to Triassic of India (2)
• Permian of Australia (36), China (56), Germany (1), Greece (1), Greenland (2), India (7), Indonesia (1), Italy (7), Lithuania (3), Madagascar (1), Malaysia (2), Mexico (1), New Zealand (2), Pakistan (4), the Russian Federation (8), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), the United Kingdom (9), United States (8: Alaska, Arizona, Texas)
• Virgilian of United States (5: Illinois, New Mexico, Ohio)
• Desmoinesian of United States (4: Kansas, Missouri)
• Westphalian of Spain (1)
• Chesterian of United States (1: Arizona)
• Carboniferous of Argentina (5), China (2), the Russian Federation (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (10: Kentucky, New mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Utah, West Virginia)
• Devonian of China (1), Germany (2)
Total: 3315 collections including 4985 occurrences