Lima (Acesta) sameshimai Oyama and Mizuno 1958 (file clam)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Full reference: K. Oyama and A. Mizuno. 1958. n the New Forms of Paleogene Molluscs from Japan. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Japan 9:589-606

Belongs to Lima (Acesta) according to K. Oyama and A. Mizuno 1958

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) praetexta

Type specimen: GSJ 5006, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Marine Bivalvia of Snatol'skaya Suite in western Kamchatka (Eocene to Eocene of Russian Federation)

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