Limopsis Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Limopsis aurita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Arcida
Family:	Limopsidae
Genus:	Limopsis Sasso, 1827
Type species
Arca aurita Brocchi, 1814
Synonyms [1]
Axinea (Limopsis)Sasso, 1837 †CnismaMayer[-Eymar], 1868 FeliciaMabille & Rochebrune, 1889 GlycilimaIredale, 1931 Limopsis (Felicia)Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889 Limopsis (Glycilima)Iredale, 1931 Limopsis (Limopsis)Sasso, 1827 Limopsis (Limopsista)H. J. Finlay & Marwick, 1937 Limopsis (Loringella)Iredale, 1929 Limopsis (Oliveropsis)M. Huber, 2010 Limopsis (Pectunculina)A. d'Orbigny, 1844 Limopsis (Phrynelima)Iredale, 1929 Limopsis (Senectidens)Iredale, 1931 Limopsis (Versipella)Iredale, 1931 †LimopsistaH. J. Finlay & Marwick, 1937 LoringellaIredale, 1929 PectunculinaA. d'Orbigny, 1844 †Pectunculus (Cnisma)Mayer[-Eymar], 1868 PhrynelimaIredale, 1929 SenectidensIredale, 1931 TrigonocaeliaNyst & Galeotti, 1835 TrigonoceliaNyst & Galeotti, 1835 TrigonocoeliaNyst & Galeotti, 1835 VersipellaIredale, 1931

Limopsis is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Limopsidae. ^[2]

Contents

• Taxonomy
• Distribution
• Species
• References

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