Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Parent taxon: Acesta according to E. J. Moore 1987
See also Moore 1984 and Rosenberg et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Acesta bibbyi, Acesta brycei, Acesta excavata, Acesta maui, Acesta webbi, Lima (Acesta) beta, Lima (Acesta) obliquistriata, Lima (Acesta) obsoleta, Lima (Acesta) praetexta, Lima (Acesta) sameshimai
Subtaxa: Acesta (Acesta) goajira Acesta (Acesta) hamlini Acesta (Acesta) multiradiata Acesta (Acesta) twinensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Japan (1 collection), United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Grenada (1)
• Oligocene of Colombia (1), United States (3: Washington)
• Eocene of Mexico (1), New Zealand (2), the Russian Federation (1)
• Paleocene of United States (4: California)
• Cretaceous of New Zealand (1)
• Jurassic of India (7)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence