Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Alternative combination: Mysidioptera aurita

Belongs to Plagiostoma according to A. S. Dagis et al. 1996

Sister taxa: Lima (Plagiostoma) bognyensis, Lima (Plagiostoma) bynei, Lima (Plagiostoma) derbyi, Lima (Plagiostoma) fazendaestivica, Lima (Plagiostoma) hellica, Lima (Plagiostoma) paolii, Lima (Plagiostoma) subcardiiformis, 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

Average measurements (in mm): shell 49.0 x 20.2, valve length 34.3