Limaria (Limaria) orcutti Hertlein and Grant 1972 (file clam)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Alternative combinations: Lima (Limaria) orcutti, Limaria orcutti

Full reference: L. G. Hertlein and U. S. Grant. 1972. The Geology and Paleontology of the Marine Pliocene of San Diego, California (Paleontology: Pelecypoda). San Diego Society of Natural History Memoir 2(B):135-411

Belongs to Limaria (Limaria) according to E. J. Moore 1987

See also Hertlein and Grant 1972 and Squires 2012

Sister taxa: Limaria (Limaria) caloosana, Limaria (Limaria) carolinensis, Limaria (Limaria) chipolana, Limaria (Limaria) clarki, Limaria (Limaria) hians, Limaria (Limaria) papyria, Limaria (Limaria) smithvillensis, Limaria (Limaria) staminea, Limaria (Limaria) tuberculata

Type specimen: LACMIP T-4509, a shell. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 305C, south of Tia Juana River, which is in a Piacenzian marine siliciclastic in the San Diego Formation of California.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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