Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Alternative spelling: Limea (Pseudolimea)
Parent taxon: Limidae according to A. Scholz et al. 2008
See also El Qot 2006, Ronchetti 1970, Sepkoski 2002, Stilwell 1998 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, Palaeolima, Plagiostoma, Plagiostominae, Platilimaria, Plicacesta, Pseudoctenostreon, Pseudolucina, Roncania, Serania, Seymourtula
Subtaxa: Lima kerri Lima kimbroensis Lima pelagica woolseyi Lima reticulata Lima sellardsi Limea (Pseudolimea) cristata Limea (Pseudolimea) parva Limea (Pseudolimea) pectinoides Limea (Pseudolimea) roemeri Pseudolimea chongi Pseudolimea composita Pseudolimea cumaunica Pseudolimea dilatata Pseudolimea duplicata Pseudolimea fida Pseudolimea hettangiensis Pseudolimea inanis Pseudolimea interplicosa Pseudolimea itieriana Pseudolimea kaplani Pseudolimea koninckana Pseudolimea liasina Pseudolimea naumanni Pseudolimea neglecta Pseudolimea riccardii
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Argentina (7 collections)
• Motuan of New Zealand (1)
• Cretaceous of Angola (1), Argentina (54), Australia (1), Belgium (1), Brazil (14), Bulgaria (1), Cameroon (2), Chile (1), China (1), the Congo-Brazzaville (4), Cuba (1), Denmark (3), Ecuador (1), Egypt (17), France (4), Gabon (1), Germany (5), India (1), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (1), Mozambique (2), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (26), Poland (9), the Russian Federation (4), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (151: Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas)
• Heterian of New Zealand (1)
• Temaikan of New Zealand (1)
• Jurassic of Afghanistan (2), Argentina (2), Bulgaria (1), Canada (28: Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon), Chile (44), China (2), France (10), Georgia (1), Germany (26), Greenland (9), Hungary (2), India (57), Iran (1), Italy (3), Kenya (2), Luxembourg (1), Madagascar (4), Mexico (1), New Zealand (13), Poland (10), Portugal (21), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (4), Saudi Arabia (6), Slovakia (1), Spain (62), Switzerland (1), Tanzania (8), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (34)
• Triassic to Jurassic of Chile (1)
• Triassic of Argentina (5), Austria (17), Chile (1), China (1), Japan (5), Mexico (1), New Caledonia (2), New Zealand (2), Poland (4), the Russian Federation (10), Slovakia (1), the United Arab Emirates (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: Nevada, Oregon)
Total: 744 collections including 818 occurrences
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