Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Alternative spelling: Lima (Antiquilima)
Parent taxon: Limidae according to S. Ros-Franch et al. 2014
See also Melville 1956, Scholz et al. 2008, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Acesta, Anomolima, Antarctolima, 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, Pseudolimea, Pseudolucina, Roncania, Serania, Seymourtula
Subtaxa: Antiquilima (Antiquilima) Antiquilima (Ctenolima) Antiquilima antiquata Antiquilima atacamensis Antiquilima hians Antiquilima nodulosa Antiquilima vallieri
Type: Lima antiquata
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Japan (1 collection), Ukraine (1)
• Jurassic of Argentina (3), Bulgaria (4), Canada (17: Alberta, British Columbia), Chile (10), France (2), Germany (6), Italy (1), Japan (1), Luxembourg (1), Mexico (2), Peru (1), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (5), Serbia (2), the United Kingdom (13)
• Triassic of Austria (1), Chile (3), China (1), Iran (10), New Caledonia (3), the Russian Federation (3), United States (9: Alaska, Nevada, Oregon)
Total: 101 collections including 110 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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