Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Alternative combination: Lima (Ctenostreon) praetexta

Belongs to Lima (Acesta) according to C. J. Maury 1936

Sister taxa: Acesta (Acesta), Acesta bibbyi, Acesta brycei, Acesta excavata, Acesta maui, Acesta webbi, Lima (Acesta) beta, Lima (Acesta) obliquistriata, Lima (Acesta) obsoleta, Lima (Acesta) sameshimai

Type specimen: Its type locality is Lastro, perto de Maroim, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Riacheulo Formation of Brazil

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Lastro, perto de Maroim

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