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Acesta (Acesta) hamlini

Bivalvia - Limida - Limidae

Taxonomy
Lima hamlini was named by Dall (1900). Its type specimen is USNM 495186, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 3rd Street tunnel, which is in a Pliocene coastal shale in the Fernando Formation of California.

It was recombined as Lima (Acesta) hamlini by Woodring (1938); it was recombined as Acesta (Acesta) hamlini by Moore (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Lima hamlini Dall pp. 15 - 16 figs. pl. 33, fig. 101
1931Lima hamlini Grant, IV and Gale p. 239
1938Lima (Acesta) hamlini Woodring p. 47
1987Acesta (Acesta) hamlini Moore p. C15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
orderLimida(Moore 1952)
superfamilyLimoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyLimidaeRafinesque 1815
genusAcestaAdams and Adams 1858
subgenusAcestaAdams and Adams 1858
specieshamlini()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
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