Lima (Acesta) obsoleta Dujardin 1837 (file clam)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Alternative combination: Lima obsoleta

Belongs to Lima (Acesta) according to A. B. Quarto di Palo 1970

See also Dartevelle and Freneix 1957

Sister taxa: Acesta (Acesta), Acesta bibbyi, Acesta brycei, Acesta excavata, Acesta maui, Acesta webbi, Lima (Acesta) beta, Lima (Acesta) obliquistriata, Lima (Acesta) praetexta, Lima (Acesta) sameshimai

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at 61 AD-29, Mohammad Aba (Cretaceous of Afghanistan)

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