Acesta (Plicacesta) haseltinei Dickerson 1914 (file clam)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Alternative combination: Lima haseltinei

Synonym: Lima perrini Waring 1914

Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1914. Fauna of the Martinez Eocene of California. Bulletin of the Department of Geology, University of California 6:61-180

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

See also Waring 1914 and Waring 1917

Sister taxon: Acesta (Plicacesta) wilsoni

Type specimens:

  • Acesta (Plicacesta) haseltinei: UCMP 11676, a shell
  • Lima perrini: CAS 303, a shell. Its type locality is Southwest of Santa Susana, which is in a Danian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the Las Virgenes Formation of California.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (3: California collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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