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Limaria (Limaria)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1807Limaria (Limaria) Link
1973Limaria (Limaria) Vokes p. 94
1982Limaria (Limaria) Dockery p. 52
1987Limaria (Limaria) Moore p. C16
2001Limaria (Limaria) Todd
2002Limaria (Limaria) Marquet

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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
genusLimariaLink 1807
subgenusLimariaLink 1807

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. Limaria (Limaria) Link 1807
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†Limaria (Limaria) clarki Nelson 1925
†Limaria (Limaria) orcutti Hertlein and Grant 1972
†Limaria (Limaria) smithvillensis Stenzel and Twining 1957
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 08:36:37
Modified: 2009-10-10 17:42:08
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 59.24000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (California) Lima clarki (239599)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Lima smithvillensis (90455)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) Lima staminea (84137) Limaria staminea (5943 5944 6005)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Lima carolinensis (42482) Limaria chipolana (92459 92460 92461 92549 92550 92551 92552 92556 92558 92560)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany Limaria tuberculata (164944)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Bulgaria Limaria tuberculata (60288 60291)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) Lima carolinensis (80018)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Spain Lima tuberculata (69788)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Limaria tuberculata (69864 70864)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Lima hians (84795)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) Limaria carolinensis (60940)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Limaria hians, Limaria tuberculata (86802) Limaria tuberculata (86801)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Limaria orcutti (239469)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Limaria sp. A (69089)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Lima carolinensis (59484 67072 79797) Limaria carolinensis (92440)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Lima orcutti (226581)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Belgium Limaria tuberculata (86803 86804)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Limaria chipolana (92335)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy Lima hians (78312)