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Taxonomy
Acesta was named by Adams and Adams (1858). It is extant. Its type is Ostrea excavata.
It was reranked as Lima (Acesta) by Maury (1936), Popenoe (1937) and Woodring (1938).
It was assigned to Lima by Maury (1936), Popenoe (1937) and Woodring (1938); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Limidae by Vokes (1980), Moore (1984), Moore (1987), Beu et al. (1990), Lamprell and Whitehead (1992), Todd (2001), Stilwell et al. (2004), Spencer et al. (2004) and Hickman (2023).
It was reranked as Lima (Acesta) by Maury (1936), Popenoe (1937) and Woodring (1938).
It was assigned to Lima by Maury (1936), Popenoe (1937) and Woodring (1938); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Limidae by Vokes (1980), Moore (1984), Moore (1987), Beu et al. (1990), Lamprell and Whitehead (1992), Todd (2001), Stilwell et al. (2004), Spencer et al. (2004) and Hickman (2023).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1858 | Acesta Adams and Adams |
| 1936 | Lima (Acesta) Maury p. 128 |
| 1937 | Lima (Acesta) Popenoe p. 382 |
| 1938 | Lima (Acesta) Woodring p. 47 |
| 1980 | Acesta Vokes p. 60 |
| 1984 | Acesta Moore p. 26 |
| 1987 | Acesta Moore p. C14 |
| 1990 | Acesta Beu et al. p. 396 |
| 1992 | Acesta Lamprell and Whitehead p. 36 |
| 2001 | Acesta Todd |
| 2002 | Acesta Sepkoski |
| 2004 | Acesta Spencer et al. |
| 2004 | Acesta Stilwell et al. p. 21 |
| 2023 | Acesta Hickman p. 37 |
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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.
G. Acesta Adams and Adams 1858
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Subg. Acesta (Acesta) Adams and Adams 1858
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†Acesta (Acesta) goajira Olsson and Richards 1961
†Acesta (Acesta) hamlini Dall 1900
†Acesta (Acesta) multiradiata Gabb 1869
†Acesta (Acesta) twinensis Durham 1944
†Acesta bibbyi Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
†Acesta brycei Marwick 1953
Acesta excavata Fabricius 1780
Acesta maui Marshall 2001
†Acesta webbi Zinsmeister and Macellari 1988
†Lima (Acesta) beta Popenoe 1937
†Lima (Acesta) obliquistriata Forbes 1846
†Lima (Acesta) obsoleta Dujardin 1837
†Lima (Acesta) praetexta White 1887
†Lima (Acesta) sameshimai Oyama and Mizuno 1958
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Heterian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 164.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 163.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 163.5 Ma
Collections (143 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic | Tunisia | A. spectabilis (13862) | |
| Callovian | India | A. jumaraensis (61540 61542 61880 68079) | |
| Callovian - Oxfordian | Tunisia | A. spectabilis (13796 13813 13902 13903 13951 13952) | |
| Late/Upper Callovian | Tunisia | A. spectabilis (13794) | |
| Late/Upper Callovian | India | A. jumaraensis (61558 67631 68386 68553) | |
| Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian | Tunisia | A. spectabilis (13660 13668) | |
| Middle Callovian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | Iran (Tabas Area) | A. sp. (41417) | |
| Heterian | New Zealand | A. brycei (63811) | |
| Oxfordian | United Kingdom (England) | A. sp. (1565 2660) A. subantiquata (1904 2104) | |
| Early/Lower Oxfordian | United Kingdom (England) | A. subantiquata (4092) | |
| Late/Upper Oxfordian | France (Normandy) | A. sp. (4080 4777 4852) | |
| Late/Upper Oxfordian | United Kingdom (England) | A. sp. (4085) A. subantiquata (5938) | |
| Late/Upper Oxfordian | France | A. subantiquata (4082 4854) | |
| Kimmeridgian | United Kingdom (England) | A. sp. (1570 1571) | |
| Kimmeridgian | Tanzania | A. cutleri, A. sp. A (35458) | |
| Kimmeridgian | Portugal | A. sp. (8674) | |
| Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | Portugal | A. sp. (34662) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Tanzania | A. cutleri (36279 36298 36300) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Portugal | A. aequilatera (8604) | |
| Hauterivian - Valanginian | Italy (Sardinia) | A. dorbignyana, A. subrigida (2089) | |
| Aptian | Japan (Iwate) | A. goliathiformis (40553) | |
| Aptian | New Zealand | A. sp. (83419 83423 83424) | |
| Aptian | United Kingdom (England) | A. longa (1778 1780 1856) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | New Zealand | A. sp. (65630 65632 65634 65635) | |
| Albian | Italy (Sardinia) | A. subovalis (2091) | |
| Albian | United Kingdom (England) | A. longa (1844) | |
| Early/Lower Albian | United Kingdom (England) | A. longa (1864) | |
| Middle Albian | Brazil (Sergipe) | Lima sp. (87861) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | Brazil (Sergipe) | Lima praetexta (87857) | |
| Cenomanian - Turonian | Afghanistan (Takhar) | Lima obsoleta (78088) | |
| Turonian | USA (California) | Lima beta (80927 194022 220370 220935 220936 220939) | |
| Late/Upper Turonian | USA (California) | Lima beta (215287 220313 220390 220932 220933 220938 220940 221084) | |
| Piripauan | New Zealand (Auckland) | Lima multiradiata (85546) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (California) | A. sp. A (167696 167697 167698) | |
| Middle Campanian | USA (California) | A. sp. (185368) | |
| Maastrichtian | Madagascar | A. obliquistriata (1322) | |
| Maastrichtian | India | A. obliquistriata (1351) | |
| Maastrichtian | Argentina (Chubut) | A. sp. (74303 74306) | |
| Maastrichtian | Argentina | A. latens (1347 1371) A. sp. (1357) | |
| Maastrichtian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | A. shackletoni (63513) A. shackletoni, A. webbi (1316) | |
| Maastrichtian | New Zealand | A. sp. (1341) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (Mississippi) | A. riddlei (4113) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | A. snowhillensis (3158) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Texas) | A. sayeri (4475 4515) A. sayrei (7561) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (North Carolina) | A. sp. (4363) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | A. sp. (3166 3169) | |
| Early/Lower Paleocene | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | A. webbi (3177) | |
| Danian | France | A. sp. (20816) | |
| Danian | Argentina (La Pampa) | A. latens (52354) | |
| Danian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | A. shackletoni (8019) | |
| Danian | Antarctica | A. webbi (67041) | |
| Danian | Belgium | A. montensis (22931) | |
| Paleocene | USA (California) | Lima multiradiata (190778 190798) | |
| Paleocene | Argentina | Lima snowhillensis (99258) | |
| Paleocene | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | A. shackletoni, A. webbi (63516) | |
| Selandian - Ypresian | Russian Federation (Kamchatka) | A. perrini (202260) | |
| Thanetian | USA (California) | Lima multiradiata (52612 52618) | |
| Ypresian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | A. bibbyi (63548) | |
| Waipawan | New Zealand (Chatham Islands) | A. n. sp. A, A. n. sp. B (51078) A. n. sp. B (51081) A. sp. (52559) | |
| Waipawan | New Zealand | A. n. sp. A, A. n. sp. B (51084) A. sp. (52558) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | A. sp. (52765) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | Russian Federation | A. sameshimai (50051) | |
| Middle Eocene | Mexico (Baja California Sur) | Lima multiradiata (43757) | |
| Bartonian | Japan (Nagasaki) | A. oyamai (103018) | |
| Bartonian - Priabonian | Russian Federation | A. kovatschensis (50040) | |
| Oligocene | USA (Washington) | Lima twinensis (208165) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Russian Federation | A. sakhalinensis (70475) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Colombia (La Guajira) | Lima goajira (42772) | |
| Chattian | USA (Washington) | A. twinensis (91623) Lima twinensis (91615) | |
| Chattian | Russian Federation | A. goliath (50081) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Japan (Nagano) | A. goliath (51576) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Grenada | A. goajira (58645) | |
| Burdigalian | Japan | A. sp. (203413) | |
| Langhian | Japan | A. goliath (44961 44970) A. watanabei (44958) | |
| Langhian - Tortonian | Russian Federation | A. sakhalinensis (50048) | |
| Tortonian | Argentina (Entre Rios) | Ostrea excavata (13626) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Russian Federation | A. sakhalinensis (70476) | |
| Messinian | USA (California) | A. sp. (46902) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Ecuador (Manabi) | Lima hertleini (60771 60772) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | USA (California) | Lima hamlini (120822) | |
| Pliocene | Japan | A. goliath (97088) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Japan (Fukushima) | A. smithi (62295) | |
| Calabrian | Greece | A. excavata (190371) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece | A. excavata (124216) |