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Limopsis belcheri

Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae

Taxonomy

Pectunculus belcheri was named by Adams and Reeve (1850) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Miocene-Recent; Indo-Pacific.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Limopsis belcheri by Tate (1886).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

L. adamsiana, L. alvidae, L. alvildae, L. amandae, L. anomala, L. anomala, L. antarctica, L. aradasi, L. augustae, L. aurita, L. auritus, L. awadi, L. azumana, L. beaumariensis, L. calvus, L. campa, L. coemani, L. compressa, L. costulata, L. crenata, L. depressa, L. dolomitica, L. eucosmus, L. forskali, L. forteradiata, L. granulata, L. helenae, L. jamaicensis, L. kogata, L. ludbrookae, L. maccoyi, L. magdae, L. maggae, L. meeki, L. microps, L. minuscula, L. minuta, L. misjae, L. nanae, L. nummiformis, L. oblonga, L. osawanoensis, L. ovalis, L. parva, L. parvula, L. perbrevis, L. phacomorpha, L. quihi, L. ravni, L. reticulifera, L. rhomboidalis, L. rink, L. rupestris, L. sacheri, L. scalaris, L. shimonadensis, L. skinoshitai, L. subgranulata, L. tajimae, L. teresitae, L. tokaiensis, L. triangularis, L. vilmae, L. vixornata, L. yokoyamai, L. zelandica, L. zonalis, L. dejaeri, L. minuscula, L. cumingii, L. helenae, L. quenstedti, L. rhomboidalis, L. sacheri, L. tokaiensis, L. anomala, L. anomala, L. anomala, L. aradasi, L. aradasii, L. granulata, L. jamaicensis, L. lamellata, L. minuta, L. ovalis, L. recisa, L. rvonderhotchi, L. subangularis, L. subangularis, L. anomale

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1850	Pectunculus belcheri Adams and Reeve p. 76 figs. fig. 5
1886	Limopsis belcheri Tate p. 134

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Arcioni	Gray 1854
order	Arcida	(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamily	Limopsoidea	Dall 1895
family	Limopsidae	Dall 1895
genus	Limopsis	Sassi 1827
species	belcheri	(Adams and Reeve 1850)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Limopsis belcheri Adams and Reeve 1850

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Entire body:

yesf

Adult length:

1.0 to < 10f

Adult width:

1.0 to < 10f

Adult height:

1.0 to < 10f

Thickness:

thinf

Folds:

nonef

Ribbing:

minorf

Spines:

nonef

Internal reinforcement:

nonef

Ontogeny:

accretionf

Environment:

outer shelf, oceanicf

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileg

Life habit:

epifaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-08-18 17:32:15

Modified:

2009-08-18 19:32:15

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 23.04000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	Australia (Victoria)	Limopsis belcheri (72208)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	Australia (Victoria)	Limopsis belcheri (72206)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	Australia (Victoria)	Limopsis belcheri (72225)