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Lima shastensis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Taxonomy

Lima shastaensis was named by Gabb (1869).

It was corrected as Lima shastensis by Anderson (1938).

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

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1869	Lima shastaensis Gabb p. 201 figs. PL 33, Fig. 100
1930	Lima shastaensis Stewart p. 124 figs. Plate 5, fig. 13
1938	Lima shastensis Anderson pp. 111 - 112

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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)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	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	Bruguière 1797
species	shastensis	()

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 shastensis Gabb 1869

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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Collections

No collection or age range data are available