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Lima (Plagiostoma) subcardiiformis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Taxonomy

Lima (Plagiostoma) subcardiiformis was named by Greppin (1867).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

L. aspera, L. callovica, L. catalaunica, L. columbiae, L. cometi, L. complanata, L. elpasensis, L. eryx, L. janetae, L. joleaudi, L. kindopeensis, L. paleata, L. papillifera, L. saurassovi, L. soror, L. striatissima, L. swenanderi, L. utahensis, L. wynnei, L. yataensis, L. bittneri, L. brancoi, L. limopsis, L. occidentalis, L. schimperi, L. toarcensis, L. yeovilensis, L. boonei, L. virgulina, Plagiostoma aciculatum, Plagiostoma acutum, Plagiostoma biiniensis, Plagiostoma bilibini, Plagiostoma blakei, Plagiostoma complanata, Plagiostoma costatum, Plagiostoma exaltata, Plagiostoma fischeri, Plagiostoma gejiuensis, Plagiostoma gigantea, Plagiostoma highworthensis, Plagiostoma incrassatum, Plagiostoma jumaraensis, Plagiostoma laeviosculum, Plagiostoma laeviuscula, Plagiostoma laeviusculum, Plagiostoma modeli, Plagiostoma muddoensis, Plagiostoma mutabile, Plagiostoma oepybolum, Plagiostoma oepybolus, Plagiostoma rahmuensis, Plagiostoma regularis, Plagiostoma rigidulum, Plagiostoma rodburgense, Plagiostoma rusticum, Plagiostoma schardti, Plagiostoma semiornata, Plagiostoma subcardiiforme, Plagiostoma tenuistriata, Plagiostoma toarcensis, Plagiostoma woodsi, Plagiostoma zonata

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1867	Lima (Plagiostoma) subcardiiformis Greppin

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Pectinida	(Gray 1854)
suborder	Anomiidina	Gray 1854
—	Limoidei	(Moore 1952)
superfamily	Limoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Limidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Lima	Sowerby 1814
subgenus	Plagiostoma
species	subcardiiformis	Greppin 1867

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.

†Lima (Plagiostoma) subcardiiformis Greppin 1867

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Composition 2:

low Mg calcitef

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationaryf

Attached:

yesf

Life habit:

low-level epifaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2007-11-26 09:06:10

Modified:

2009-10-10 17:36:45

Source: f = family, o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Bathonian to the top of the Early/Lower Callovian or 168.20000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (44 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Middle Jurassic	174.7 - 161.5	United Kingdom (Gloucestershire)	Lima subcardiiformis (159427)
Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	United Kingdom (England)	Plagiostoma subcardiiformis (36548 36550 36556)
Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	Saudi Arabia	Plagiostoma subcardiiformis (48405 48447 48484)
Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	Hungary	Plagiostoma subcardiiformis (125432)
Late/Upper Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	France (Picardie)	Lima subcardiiformis (96147 96150 96160)
Late/Upper Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	France (Champagne-Ardenne)	Lima subcardiiformis (96155 96186 96187)
Late/Upper Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	India (Kachchh)	Plagiostoma subcardiiformis (24050)
Middle Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	France (Champagne-Ardenne)	Lima subcardiiformis (96192)
Middle Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	France (Picardie)	Lima subcardiiformis (96151 96157 96175 96181)
Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	France (Picardie)	Lima subcardiiformis (96146 96152 96153 96159)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian	168.2 - 161.5	Afghanistan	Lima subcardiiformis (85947)
Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	Saudi Arabia	Plagiostoma subcardiiformis (45538 45539 47895 47902 47912 48563 48564 48585 48586 48588 48589 48593 48594 48596 48598 48599 48604 48605)
Early/Lower Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	France (Bourgogne)	Plagiostoma subcardiiformis (36451)