# Limopsis

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Genus of molluscs

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 †Cnisma Mayer[-Eymar], 1868 Felicia Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889 Glycilima Iredale, 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 †Limopsista H. J. Finlay & Marwick, 1937 Loringella Iredale, 1929 Pectunculina A. d'Orbigny, 1844 †Pectunculus (Cnisma) Mayer[-Eymar], 1868 Phrynelima Iredale, 1929 Senectidens Iredale, 1931 Trigonocaelia Nyst & Galeotti, 1835 Trigonocelia Nyst & Galeotti, 1835 Trigonocoelia Nyst & Galeotti, 1835 Versipella Iredale, 1931

***Limopsis*** is a genus of [bivalves](/source/Bivalve) belonging to the family [Limopsidae](/source/Limopsidae).[2]

## Taxonomy

The genus was first described by Agostino Sasso in 1827.[3]

## Distribution

The genus has [cosmopolitan distribution](/source/Cosmopolitan_distribution).[2] The earliest known fossils in the genus date to the [Jurassic](/source/Jurassic), and have been found in France, Germany, Hungary and the United Kingdom.[4]

## Species

Species within the genus *Limopsis* include:[1]

- †*[Limopsis adamsiana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_adamsiana&action=edit&redlink=1)* Yokoyama, 1920
- *[Limopsis agulhasensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_agulhasensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Thiele, 1931
- *[Limopsis akutanica](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_akutanica&action=edit&redlink=1)* Dall, 1916
- *[Limopsis angusta](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_angusta&action=edit&redlink=1)* Jeffreys, 1879
- †*[Limopsis anomala](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_anomala&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Eichwald, 1830)
- †*[Limopsis antarctica](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_antarctica&action=edit&redlink=1)* Wilckens, 1910
- †*[Limopsis antarctominuta](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_antarctominuta&action=edit&redlink=1)* Stilwell, 2000
- †*[Limopsis aoteana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_aoteana&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Vella, 1954)
- *[Limopsis aurita](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_aurita&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Brocchi, 1814)
- *[Limopsis bassi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_bassi&action=edit&redlink=1)* E. A. Smith, 1885
- †*[Limopsis beaumariensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_beaumariensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Chapman, 1911
- *[Limopsis belcheri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_belcheri&action=edit&redlink=1)* (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
- *[Limopsis brazieri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_brazieri&action=edit&redlink=1)* Angas, 1871
- †*[Limopsis butonensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_butonensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Beets, 1942
- †*[Limopsis campa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_campa&action=edit&redlink=1)* R. S. Allan, 1926
- †*[Limopsis carmanahensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_carmanahensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* B. L. Clark, 1925
- †*[Limopsis catenata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_catenata&action=edit&redlink=1)* Suter, 1917
- †*[Limopsis chapmani](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_chapmani&action=edit&redlink=1)* Singleton, 1932
- †*[Limopsis chitaniana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_chitaniana&action=edit&redlink=1)* Yokoyama, 1926
- †*[Limopsis cooki](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_cooki&action=edit&redlink=1)* Marwick, 1931
- *[Limopsis crassula](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_crassula&action=edit&redlink=1)* Habe, 1953
- *[Limopsis dalli](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_dalli&action=edit&redlink=1)* E. Lamy, 1912
- *[Limopsis dannevigi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_dannevigi&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Iredale, 1931)
- *[Limopsis davidis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_davidis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Hedley, 1899
- *[Limopsis davinae](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_davinae&action=edit&redlink=1)* Esteves, 1984
- †*[Limopsis dolomitica](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_dolomitica&action=edit&redlink=1)* R. Casey, 1961
- *[Limopsis elachista](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_elachista&action=edit&redlink=1)* Sturany, 1899
- *[Limopsis enderbyensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_enderbyensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* A. W. B. Powell, 1958
- *[Limopsis eucosmus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_eucosmus&action=edit&redlink=1)* Verco, 1907
- †*[Limopsis fenestrata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_fenestrata&action=edit&redlink=1)* (K. Martin, 1885)
- *[Limopsis forskalii](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_forskalii&action=edit&redlink=1)* A. Adams, 1863
- *[Limopsis forteradiata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_forteradiata&action=edit&redlink=1)* Cotton, 1930
- †*[Limopsis gisbornensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_gisbornensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* P. A. Maxwell, 1978
- †*[Limopsis granulata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_granulata&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Lamarck, 1805)
- *[Limopsis hirtella](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_hirtella&action=edit&redlink=1)* Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889
- †*[Limopsis hokkaidoensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_hokkaidoensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Amano & Lutaenko, 2004
- *[Limopsis indica](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_indica&action=edit&redlink=1)* E. A. Smith, 1894
- †*[Limopsis indubia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_indubia&action=edit&redlink=1)* Berezovsky, 2015
- †*[Limopsis insolita](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_insolita&action=edit&redlink=1)* (G. B. Sowerby I, 1846)
- *[Limopsis invalida](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_invalida&action=edit&redlink=1)* Marwick, 1928
- *[Limopsis janeiroensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_janeiroensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* E. A. Smith, 1915
- *[Limopsis japonica](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_japonica&action=edit&redlink=1)* A. Adams, 1863
- *[Limopsis jousseaumi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_jousseaumi&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889)
- *[Limopsis knudseni](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_knudseni&action=edit&redlink=1)* Dell, 1990
- *[Limopsis kurilensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_kurilensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Scarlato, 1981
- †*[Limopsis lacunosa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_lacunosa&action=edit&redlink=1)* Berezovsky, 2015
- †*[Limopsis lamyi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_lamyi&action=edit&redlink=1)* Koperberg, 1931
- †*[Limopsis lawsi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_lawsi&action=edit&redlink=1)* L. C. King, 1933
- *[Limopsis lilliei](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_lilliei&action=edit&redlink=1)* E. A. Smith, 1915
- *[Limopsis loringi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_loringi&action=edit&redlink=1)* Angas, 1873
- †*[Limopsis ludbrookae](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_ludbrookae&action=edit&redlink=1)* Glibert & Van de Poel, 1973
- †*[Limopsis maccoyi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_maccoyi&action=edit&redlink=1)* Chapman, 1911
- *[Limopsis marionensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_marionensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* E. A. Smith, 1885
- †*[Limopsis marwicki](/source/Limopsis_marwicki)* A. W. B. Powell, 1938
- †*[Limopsis merklini](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_merklini&action=edit&redlink=1)* Glibert & van de Poel, 1965
- †*[Limopsis microdon](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_microdon&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Cossmann, 1905)
- †*[Limopsis minima](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_minima&action=edit&redlink=1)* (J. De C. Sowerby, 1824)
- †*[Limopsis monbergi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_monbergi&action=edit&redlink=1)* Ravn, 1939
- †*[Limopsis morningtonensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_morningtonensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Pritchard, 1901
- †*[Limopsis multiradiata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_multiradiata&action=edit&redlink=1)* Tate, 1886
- †*[Limopsis nuculata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_nuculata&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Lamarck, 1805)
- †*[Limopsis obesa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_obesa&action=edit&redlink=1)* Ravn, 1933
- *[Limopsis obliqua](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_obliqua&action=edit&redlink=1)* A. Adams, 1863
- †*[Limopsis obscura](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_obscura&action=edit&redlink=1)* Berezovsky, 2015
- *[Limopsis occidentalis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_occidentalis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Cotton, 1930
- *[Limopsis oliveri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_oliveri&action=edit&redlink=1)* Amano & Lutaenko, 2004
- *[Limopsis onchodes](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_onchodes&action=edit&redlink=1)* Dall, 1927
- †*[Limopsis ovata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_ovata&action=edit&redlink=1)* (K. Martin, 1885)
- *[Limopsis paradoxa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_paradoxa&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Iredale, 1931)
- †*[Limopsis parma](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_parma&action=edit&redlink=1)* Marwick, 1929
- †*[Limopsis parva](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_parva&action=edit&redlink=1)* Harder, 1913
- †*[Limopsis parvicostata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_parvicostata&action=edit&redlink=1)* (P. A. Maxwell, 1992)
- *[Limopsis paucidentata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_paucidentata&action=edit&redlink=1)* Dall, 1886
- *[Limopsis penelevis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_penelevis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Verco, 1907
- †*[Limopsis perobliqua](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_perobliqua&action=edit&redlink=1)* (K. Martin, 1885)
- †*[Limopsis peteri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_peteri&action=edit&redlink=1)* Beu, 1969
- †*[Limopsis phacomorpha](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_phacomorpha&action=edit&redlink=1)* É. Vincent, 1930
- †*[Limopsis pretiosa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_pretiosa&action=edit&redlink=1)* Berezovsky, 2015
- *[Limopsis proceritas](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_proceritas&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Crozier, 1966)
- †*[Limopsis producta](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_producta&action=edit&redlink=1)* Finlay & McDowall, 1923
- †*[Limopsis propeinvalida](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_propeinvalida&action=edit&redlink=1)* Laws, 1939
- †*[Limopsis psimolis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_psimolis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Anelli, Rocha-Campus, dos Santos, Perinotto & Quaglio, 2006
- †*[Limopsis quadrata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_quadrata&action=edit&redlink=1)* Berezovsky, 2015
- †*[Limopsis quenstedti](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_quenstedti&action=edit&redlink=1)* Karapunar, Werner, Fürsich & Nützel, 2020
- *[Limopsis radialis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_radialis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Dall, 1927
- †*[Limopsis rupestris](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_rupestris&action=edit&redlink=1)* Darragh, 1994
- *[Limopsis sansibarica](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_sansibarica&action=edit&redlink=1)* Thiele, 1931
- †*[Limopsis satoi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_satoi&action=edit&redlink=1)* Amano & Lutaenko, 2004
- †*[Limopsis scalaris](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_scalaris&action=edit&redlink=1)* (J. De C. Sowerby, 1824)
- *[Limopsis scotiana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_scotiana&action=edit&redlink=1)* Dell, 1964
- *[Limopsis siberutensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_siberutensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Thiele, 1931
- *[Limopsis soboles](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_soboles&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Iredale, 1931)
- †*[Limopsis striata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_striata&action=edit&redlink=1)* (A. Rouault, 1850)
- †*[Limopsis subgranulata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_subgranulata&action=edit&redlink=1)* A. d'Orbigny, 1850
- †*[Limopsis subscalaris](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_subscalaris&action=edit&redlink=1)* A. d'Orbigny, 1852
- *[Limopsis sulcata](/source/Limopsis_sulcata)* A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
- *[Limopsis surinamensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_surinamensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* P. G. Oliver & J. A. Allen, 1980
- *[Limopsis tajimae](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_tajimae&action=edit&redlink=1)* G. B. Sowerby III, 1914
- *[Limopsis tenella](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_tenella&action=edit&redlink=1)* Jeffreys, 1876
- *[Limopsis tenisoni](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_tenisoni&action=edit&redlink=1)* Tenison Woods, 1878
- *[Limopsis tenuis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_tenuis&action=edit&redlink=1)* G. Seguenza, 1876
- †*[Limopsis thebaica](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_thebaica&action=edit&redlink=1)* P. Oppenheim, 1903
- †*[Limopsis turnbulli](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_turnbulli&action=edit&redlink=1)* Beu, 2006
- *[Limopsis uwadokoi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_uwadokoi&action=edit&redlink=1)* Oyama, 1951
- †*[Limopsis venusta](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_venusta&action=edit&redlink=1)* (K. Martin, 1885)
- *[Limopsis vixornata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_vixornata&action=edit&redlink=1)* Verco, 1907
- †*[Limopsis waihaoensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_waihaoensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* R. S. Allan, 1926
- *[Limopsis waikikia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_waikikia&action=edit&redlink=1)* Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
- †*[Limopsis waisiuensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_waisiuensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Beets, 1942
- †*[Limopsis werrikooensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_werrikooensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Singleton, 1941
- †*[Limopsis zealandica](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_zealandica&action=edit&redlink=1)* F. W. Hutton, 1873
- †*[Limopsis zitteli](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_zitteli&action=edit&redlink=1)* Ihering, 1907
- *[Limopsis zonalis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limopsis_zonalis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Dall, 1908

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-WoRMS_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-WoRMS_1-1) [*Limopsis* Sasso, 1827](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138132). 5 March 2026. Retrieved through: [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-GBIF_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-GBIF_2-1) ["Limopsis Sassi, 1827"](https://www.gbif.org/species/2286166). *www.gbif.org*. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Sasso, Agostino. ["Saggio geologico sopra il Bacino terziario di Albenga"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9392012). *Giornale Ligustico di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti* (in Italian). **1** (5): 476 – via [Biodiversity Heritage Library](/source/Biodiversity_Heritage_Library).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["*Limopsis* Sassi 1827 (clam)"](https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16260). *Paleobiology Database*. Retrieved 5 March 2026.

Taxon identifiers Limopsis Wikidata: Q5059438 AFD: Limopsis BOLD: 194385 CoL: 7P7JW GBIF: 2286166 iNaturalist: 196276 IRMNG: 1308148 ITIS: 79400 NBN: JNCCMNCR00000225 NCBI: 182168 Open Tree of Life: 119114 Paleobiology Database: 16260 WoRMS: 138132

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