Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Alternative spelling: Paleolima
Parent taxon: Limidae according to S. Ros-Franch et al. 2014
See also Elias 1958, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Acesta, Anomolima, Antarctolima, Antiquilima, Aviculolima, Badiotella, Callolima, Costellacesta, Ctenoides, Ctenostreon, Ctenostreoninae, Dimorphoconcha, Divarilima, Echinorbis, Elimata, Escalima, Gemellima, Latemaria, Lima, Limaria, Limatula, Limatuletta, Limatulinae, Limea, Liminae, Mantellina, Meotolima, Mysidioptera, Mysidiopterinae, Neoinoceramus, Notolimea, Plagiostoma, Plagiostominae, Platilimaria, Plicacesta, Pseudoctenostreon, Pseudolimea, Pseudolucina, Roncania, Serania, Seymourtula
Subtaxa: Palaeolima afanasievi Palaeolima anfuensis Palaeolima anshunensis Palaeolima antinaoensis Palaeolima badiotica Palaeolima chekiangensis Palaeolima dieneri Palaeolima fasciculicostata Palaeolima footei Palaeolima hunanensis Palaeolima jiaheensis Palaeolima kasanensis Palaeolima krotowi Palaeolima laticostata Palaeolima middlemissi Palaeolima minima Palaeolima nakamurai Palaeolima nodosocostata Palaeolima petaline Palaeolima planocosta Palaeolima retifera Palaeolima sichuanensis Palaeolima simplex Palaeolima striatocostata Paleolima triplistriata
Type: Pecten simplex
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (19 collections), Germany (1), United States (1: Nevada)
• Permian to Triassic of India (2)
• Permian of Australia (1), China (52), India (7), Italy (4), Madagascar (1), Malaysia (2), Mexico (1), Pakistan (3), the Russian Federation (7), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), United States (5: Alaska, Arizona)
• Carboniferous of Argentina (5), China (2), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (16: Arizona, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, West Virginia)
• Devonian of China (1), Germany (2)
Total: 146 collections including 165 occurrences
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