Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Parent taxon: Limaria according to R. Marquet 2002
See also Dockery 1982, Moore 1987, Todd 2001 and Vokes 1973
Sister taxa: Limaria (Limatuella), Limaria hemphilli, Limaria labani, Limaria orientalis, Limaria pacifica, Limaria pellucida, Limaria (Limatulella) loscombii, Limaria (Limatulella) obliqua, Promantellum polynema, Lima (Promantellum) florpacifica
Subtaxa: Limaria (Limaria) caloosana Limaria (Limaria) carolinensis Limaria (Limaria) chipolana Limaria (Limaria) clarki Limaria (Limaria) hians Limaria (Limaria) orcutti Limaria (Limaria) papyria Limaria (Limaria) smithvillensis Limaria (Limaria) staminea Limaria (Limaria) tuberculata
Type: Ostrea tuberculata
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Belgium (4), Jamaica (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (5: Florida, South Carolina)
• Miocene of Algeria (2), Austria (1), Bulgaria (2), Germany (1), Spain (1), United States (12: Florida)
• Oligocene of United States (4: Mississippi)
• Eocene of United States (1: Texas)
Total: 37 collections including 38 occurrences