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Lima (Regalilima)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Taxonomy
Regalilima was named by Cox (1943) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bajo].

It was reranked as Lima (Regalilima) by Melville (1956).

It was assigned to Lima by Melville (1956); and to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Lima aciculata, Lima acutilineata texana, Lima acutorostris, Lima aequilatera, Lima alticosta, Lima amoena, Lima annonii, Lima annulata, Lima aquitanica, Lima arzierensis, Lima aspera, Lima auberti, Lima bassi, Lima bastropensis, Lima bastropensis, Lima biarata, Lima bittneri, Lima blanfordi, Lima boonei, Lima boonei, Lima boonei, Lima booneri, Lima brancoi, Lima bullata, Lima bullifera, Lima callovica, Lima cardiiformis, Lima cardiiformis, Lima caribbaea, Lima carteromiana, Lima carteroni, Lima carteroniana, Lima catalaunica, Lima cenomanensis, Lima cenomaniensis, Lima chinensis, Lima coahuilensis, Lima cokei, Lima columbiae, Lima cometi, Lima complanata, Lima compressa, Lima cossmanni, Lima crickleyensis, Lima deatsvillensis, Lima deatsvillensis, Lima densistriata, Lima dentata, Lima desioi, Lima dubisiensis, Lima dujardini, Lima dunkeri, Lima dupla, Lima educta, Lima ellsworthi, Lima elongata, Lima elongata, Lima elpasensis, Lima eryx, Lima eucharis, Lima exaltata, Lima eximia, Lima exquisita, Lima forchammeri, Lima fragilis, Lima fragilis, Lima galathea, Lima geinitzi, Lima geinitzi, Lima gemmata, Lima generosa, Lima geronimioensis, Lima gigantes, Lima gillieroni, Lima globosa, Lima globosa, Lima goldfussi, Lima granosa, Lima graptea, Lima guadalupensis, Lima guadalupensis, Lima hatensis, Lima hermanni, Lima hertleini, Lima hians, Lima hungarica, Lima impressa, Lima inflata, Lima inflata, Lima jacksonensis, Lima janetae, Lima japonica, Lima joleaudi, Lima jumarensis, Lima kawakitai, Lima kindopeensis, Lima kumasoana, Lima laeviscula, Lima laeviscula, Lima laeviuscula, Lima leesbergi, Lima libanensis, Lima lima, Lima limopsis, Lima lingula, Lima longa, Lima lorillardensis, Lima maraschini, Lima mettalensis, Lima montensis, Lima moutoniana, Lima muricata, Lima neocomiensis, Lima nishiyamai, Lima nodulosa, Lima occidentalis, Lima occidentalis, Lima oolitica, Lima oshimensis, Lima oxypleura, Lima ozarkana, Lima paleata, Lima papillifera, Lima patagonia, Lima pectiniformis, Lima pectinoides, Lima permiana, Lima petropolitana, Lima phillipsii, Lima pireti, Lima pisum, Lima planicosta, Lima postalensis, Lima postalensis, Lima poyana, Lima rarispina, Lima recticulata, Lima retifera, Lima retiferiformis, Lima rijpi, Lima rossii, Lima rotundata, Lima royeriana, Lima sandbergeri, Lima sandbergeri, Lima saurassovi, Lima schimperi, Lima semisulcata, Lima shortani, Lima shumardi, Lima snowhillensis, Lima soror, Lima sowerbyi, Lima spinigera, Lima spinosa, Lima spitzbergensis, Lima squamifera, Lima squamosa, Lima stenacostata, Lima striatissima, Lima striatoides, Lima strigilata, Lima subcardiiforma, Lima subcompressa, Lima subcostata, Lima subovalis, Lima sulcatum, Lima swenanderi, Lima sweuanderi, Lima tecta, Lima tithonia, Lima toarcensis, Lima tombeckiana, Lima tricinta, Lima tuberculata, Lima utahensis, Lima utcholokensis, Lima valoniensis, Lima vendaeensis, Lima vicksburgiana, Lima virgulina, Lima wacoensis, Lima whitfieldi, Lima wynnei, Lima yataensis, Lima yeovilensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Regalilima Cox p. 177
1956Lima (Regalilima) Melville
2002Regalilima Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
Limoidei(Moore 1952)
superfamilyLimoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyLimidaeRafinesque 1815
genusLimaBruguière 1797
subgenusRegalilima(Cox 1943)

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.

Subg. †Lima (Regalilima) Cox 1943
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 08:35:40
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:35:40
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Jurassic to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 174.70000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Lima oolitica (204105)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany Regalilima sp. (34608)