Limopsidae

Limopsidae
Limopsis multistriata (Forsskål, 1775)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Arcida
Superfamily:
Family:	Limopsidae Dall, 1895
Genera
7, See text

Limopsidae is a family of bivalves, related to the ark clams and bittersweets. This family contains about thirty species in seven genera.

Species[]

• Kuroda & Habe, 1971
• Mayer, 1868
• Dall, 1908
• Tate, 1886
• Limopsis Sassi, 1827
  • A. E. Verrill, 1885
  • Dall, 1881
  • Jeffreys, 1876
  • Hedley, 1899 original species description, pages 564–565.
  • Esteves, 1984
  • Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889
  • E. A. Smith, 1915
  • E. A. Smith, 1885
  • (Philippi, 1836)
  • Dall, 1927
  • Dall, 1886
  • E. A. Smith, 1885
  • P. Fischer, 1869
  • A. E. Verrill, 1885
  • Dall, 1927
  • Oliver & Allen, 1980
  • Limopsis sulcata A. E. Verrill & Bush, 1898
  • Oliver & Allen, 1980
  • Jeffreys, 1876
  • Hutton, 1873
• Habe, 1951
• d'Orbigny, 1850

Limopsis[]

Species of the genus Limopsis are among the few suspension feeding deep-sea bivalves, and are absent from the continental shelf. They are relatively small, byssate (i.e. attached to the sea floor by strong threads, or byssus), and, while the viscera are reduced, there is a comparatively thick shell. Differences between species are usually defined by minor differences in gill and palp structure. The eggs are relatively few and of a size which suggests that the planktonic larvae do not feed.[1]

References[]

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