Acesta (Acesta) multiradiata Gabb 1869 (file clam)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Alternative combination: Lima multiradiata

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1869. Section II. Cretaceous Fossils. Part I. Description of New Species. Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils 127-205

Belongs to Acesta (Acesta) according to E. J. Moore 1987

See also Gabb 1869, Stanton 1896, Stewart 1930 and Weaver 1905

Sister taxa: Acesta (Acesta) goajira, Acesta (Acesta) hamlini, Acesta (Acesta) twinensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of Mexico (1 collection)

• Paleocene of United States (4: California)

• Cretaceous of New Zealand (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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