Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Belongs to Lima (Plagiostoma) according to Greppin 1867

Sister taxa: Lima (Plagiostoma) bognyensis, Lima (Plagiostoma) bynei, Lima (Plagiostoma) derbyi, Lima (Plagiostoma) fazendaestivica, Lima (Plagiostoma) hellica, Lima (Plagiostoma) paolii, Plagiostoma aurita, Plagiostoma bellula, Plagiostoma delettrei, Plagiostoma deltoideum, Plagiostoma dianense, Plagiostoma gejiuense, Plagiostoma gigantea, Plagiostoma giganteum, Plagiostoma harronis, Plagiostoma hermanni, Plagiostoma inversa, Plagiostoma lenaensis, Plagiostoma malinovskyi, Plagiostoma nudum, Plagiostoma popovi, Plagiostoma punctatum, Plagiostoma rodburgensis, Plagiostoma striatum, Plagiostoma sublaeviusculum, Plagiostoma subsimplex, Plagiostoma subvaloniense, Plagiostoma tihensis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder