Limopsidae

Taxobox
name = Limopsidae


image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
subclassis = Pteriomorpha
ordo = Arcoida
familia = Limopsidae
familia_authority = Dall, 1895
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text

Limopsidae is a family of bivalves, related to the ark clams and bittersweets.

pecies

* "Crenulilimopsis" Kuroda & Habe, 1971
* "Cnisma" Mayer, 1868
* "Empleconia" Dall, 1908
* "Limarca" Tate, 1886
* "Limopsis" Sassi, 1827
** "Limopsis affinis" A. E. Verrill, 1885
** "Limopsis antillensis" Dall, 1881
** "Limopsis aurita"
** "Limopsis cristata" Jeffreys, 1876
** "Limopsis davinae" Esteves, 1984
** "Limopsis galathea"
** "Limopsis hirtella" Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889
** "Limopsis janeiroensis" E. A. Smith, 1915
** "Limopsis marionensis" E. A. Smith, 1885
** "Limopsis minuta" (Philippi, 1836)
** "Limopsis multistrata"
** "Limopsis onchodes" Dall, 1927
** "Limopsis paucidentata" Dall, 1886
** "Limopsis pelagica" E. A. Smith, 1885
** "Limopsis perieri" P. Fischer, 1869
** "Limopsis plana" A. E. Verrill, 1885
** "Limopsis radialis" Dall, 1927
** "Limopsis spicata" Oliver & Allen, 1980
** "Limopsis sulcata" A. E. Verrill & Bush, 1898
** "Limopsis surinamensis" Oliver & Allen, 1980
** "Limopsis tenella" Jeffreys, 1876
* "Nipponolimopsis" Habe, 1951
* "Nucunella" 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. [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0080-4622(19801120)291%3A1045%3C77%3ATFAAMO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-D]

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