| Limopsis Temporal range:
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| Limopsis aurita | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Arcida |
| Family: | Limopsidae |
| Genus: | Limopsis Sasso, 1827 |
| Type species | |
| Arca aurita Brocchi, 1814
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Limopsis is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Limopsidae.2
Taxonomy
The genus was first described by Agostino Sasso in 1827.3
Distribution
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.2 The earliest known fossils in the genus date to the Jurassic, and have been found in France, Germany, Hungary and the United Kingdom.4
Species
Species within the genus Limopsis include:1
- †Limopsis adamsiana Yokoyama, 1920
- Limopsis agulhasensis Thiele, 1931
- Limopsis akutanica Dall, 1916
- Limopsis angusta Jeffreys, 1879
- †Limopsis anomala (Eichwald, 1830)
- †Limopsis antarctica Wilckens, 1910
- †Limopsis antarctominuta Stilwell, 2000
- †Limopsis aoteana (Vella, 1954)
- Limopsis aurita (Brocchi, 1814)
- Limopsis bassi E. A. Smith, 1885
- †Limopsis beaumariensis Chapman, 1911
- Limopsis belcheri (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
- Limopsis brazieri Angas, 1871
- †Limopsis butonensis Beets, 1942
- †Limopsis campa R. S. Allan, 1926
- †Limopsis carmanahensis B. L. Clark, 1925
- †Limopsis catenata Suter, 1917
- †Limopsis chapmani Singleton, 1932
- †Limopsis chitaniana Yokoyama, 1926
- †Limopsis cooki Marwick, 1931
- Limopsis crassula Habe, 1953
- Limopsis dalli E. Lamy, 1912
- Limopsis dannevigi (Iredale, 1931)
- Limopsis davidis Hedley, 1899
- Limopsis davinae Esteves, 1984
- †Limopsis dolomitica R. Casey, 1961
- Limopsis elachista Sturany, 1899
- Limopsis enderbyensis A. W. B. Powell, 1958
- Limopsis eucosmus Verco, 1907
- †Limopsis fenestrata (K. Martin, 1885)
- Limopsis forskalii A. Adams, 1863
- Limopsis forteradiata Cotton, 1930
- †Limopsis gisbornensis P. A. Maxwell, 1978
- †Limopsis granulata (Lamarck, 1805)
- Limopsis hirtella Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889
- †Limopsis hokkaidoensis Amano & Lutaenko, 2004
- Limopsis indica E. A. Smith, 1894
- †Limopsis indubia Berezovsky, 2015
- †Limopsis insolita (G. B. Sowerby I, 1846)
- Limopsis invalida Marwick, 1928
- Limopsis janeiroensis E. A. Smith, 1915
- Limopsis japonica A. Adams, 1863
- Limopsis jousseaumi (Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889)
- Limopsis knudseni Dell, 1990
- Limopsis kurilensis Scarlato, 1981
- †Limopsis lacunosa Berezovsky, 2015
- †Limopsis lamyi Koperberg, 1931
- †Limopsis lawsi L. C. King, 1933
- Limopsis lilliei E. A. Smith, 1915
- Limopsis loringi Angas, 1873
- †Limopsis ludbrookae Glibert & Van de Poel, 1973
- †Limopsis maccoyi Chapman, 1911
- Limopsis marionensis E. A. Smith, 1885
- †Limopsis marwicki A. W. B. Powell, 1938
- †Limopsis merklini Glibert & van de Poel, 1965
- †Limopsis microdon (Cossmann, 1905)
- †Limopsis minima (J. De C. Sowerby, 1824)
- †Limopsis monbergi Ravn, 1939
- †Limopsis morningtonensis Pritchard, 1901
- †Limopsis multiradiata Tate, 1886
- †Limopsis nuculata (Lamarck, 1805)
- †Limopsis obesa Ravn, 1933
- Limopsis obliqua A. Adams, 1863
- †Limopsis obscura Berezovsky, 2015
- Limopsis occidentalis Cotton, 1930
- Limopsis oliveri Amano & Lutaenko, 2004
- Limopsis onchodes Dall, 1927
- †Limopsis ovata (K. Martin, 1885)
- Limopsis paradoxa (Iredale, 1931)
- †Limopsis parma Marwick, 1929
- †Limopsis parva Harder, 1913
- †Limopsis parvicostata (P. A. Maxwell, 1992)
- Limopsis paucidentata Dall, 1886
- Limopsis penelevis Verco, 1907
- †Limopsis perobliqua (K. Martin, 1885)
- †Limopsis peteri Beu, 1969
- †Limopsis phacomorpha É. Vincent, 1930
- †Limopsis pretiosa Berezovsky, 2015
- Limopsis proceritas (Crozier, 1966)
- †Limopsis producta Finlay & McDowall, 1923
- †Limopsis propeinvalida Laws, 1939
- †Limopsis psimolis Anelli, Rocha-Campus, dos Santos, Perinotto & Quaglio, 2006
- †Limopsis quadrata Berezovsky, 2015
- †Limopsis quenstedti Karapunar, Werner, Fürsich & Nützel, 2020
- Limopsis radialis Dall, 1927
- †Limopsis rupestris Darragh, 1994
- Limopsis sansibarica Thiele, 1931
- †Limopsis satoi Amano & Lutaenko, 2004
- †Limopsis scalaris (J. De C. Sowerby, 1824)
- Limopsis scotiana Dell, 1964
- Limopsis siberutensis Thiele, 1931
- Limopsis soboles (Iredale, 1931)
- †Limopsis striata (A. Rouault, 1850)
- †Limopsis subgranulata A. d'Orbigny, 1850
- †Limopsis subscalaris A. d'Orbigny, 1852
- Limopsis sulcata A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
- Limopsis surinamensis P. G. Oliver & J. A. Allen, 1980
- Limopsis tajimae G. B. Sowerby III, 1914
- Limopsis tenella Jeffreys, 1876
- Limopsis tenisoni Tenison Woods, 1878
- Limopsis tenuis G. Seguenza, 1876
- †Limopsis thebaica P. Oppenheim, 1903
- †Limopsis turnbulli Beu, 2006
- Limopsis uwadokoi Oyama, 1951
- †Limopsis venusta (K. Martin, 1885)
- Limopsis vixornata Verco, 1907
- †Limopsis waihaoensis R. S. Allan, 1926
- Limopsis waikikia Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
- †Limopsis waisiuensis Beets, 1942
- †Limopsis werrikooensis Singleton, 1941
- †Limopsis zealandica F. W. Hutton, 1873
- †Limopsis zitteli Ihering, 1907
- Limopsis zonalis Dall, 1908
References
References
- Limopsis Sasso, 1827. 5 March 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- "Limopsis Sassi, 1827". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- Sasso, Agostino. "Saggio geologico sopra il Bacino terziario di Albenga". Giornale Ligustico di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (in Italian). 1 (5): 476 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- "Limopsis Sassi 1827 (clam)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 5 March 2026.