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Taxonomy
Limea was named by Bronn (1831) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno R]. It is extant. Its type is Limea strigilata.
It was corrected as Limaea by Olsson (1922).
It was assigned to Bivalvia by Olsson (1922); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Limidae by Vokes (1980), Moore (1987), Beu et al. (1990), Maxwell (1992), Lamprell and Whitehead (1992), Stilwell (1998), Wienrich (1999), Todd (2001), Robinson and Lee (2011) and Ros-Franch et al. (2014).
It was corrected as Limaea by Olsson (1922).
It was assigned to Bivalvia by Olsson (1922); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Limidae by Vokes (1980), Moore (1987), Beu et al. (1990), Maxwell (1992), Lamprell and Whitehead (1992), Stilwell (1998), Wienrich (1999), Todd (2001), Robinson and Lee (2011) and Ros-Franch et al. (2014).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1831 | Limea Bronn p. 623 |
| 1922 | Limaea Olsson p. 208 |
| 1980 | Limea Vokes p. 61 |
| 1987 | Limea Moore p. C17 |
| 1990 | Limea Beu et al. p. 396 |
| 1992 | Limea Lamprell and Whitehead p. 40 |
| 1992 | Limea Maxwell p. 68 |
| 1998 | Limea Stilwell p. 49 |
| 1999 | Limea Wienrich p. 223 |
| 2001 | Limea Todd |
| 2002 | Limea Sepkoski |
| 2011 | Limea Robinson and Lee p. 142 |
| 2014 | Limea Ros-Franch et al. |
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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. Limea Bronn 1831
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†Limaea solida Dall 1898
Subg. †Limea (Eolimea) Cox 1969
†Limea acuticostata Münster 1836
†Limea alticosta Tate 1886
†Limea delanouei Oppenheim 1902
†Limea margineplicata Klipstein 1843
†Limea nux Guembel 1861
†Limea strigilata Brocchi 1814
†Limea strigillata Brocchi 1814
†Limea tenuisculptata Cossmann 1887
†Limea transenna Tate 1886
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Anisian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 247.20000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 242.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 242.0 Ma
Collections (163 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anisian | Hungary (Veszprem) | L. sp. (43725) | |
| Ladinian | Spain (Cuenca) | L. sp. (44337) | |
| Longobardian | Spain (Alicante) | L. sp. (202223 202224) | |
| Carnian | Hungary (Bakony) | L. margineplicata (203199 203338) | |
| Julian | Italy | Eolimea margineplicata (34692 69661) L. margineplicata (144634) | |
| Norian | Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) | Lima margineplicata (97859) | |
| Norian - Rhaetian | USA (Nevada) | Eolimea sp. (210694 210695 210696 210699 210700) | |
| Rhaetian | Papua New Guinea (Western Highland) | L. sp. (42521) | |
| Liasicus | Belgium (Luxembourg) | L. sp. (40087) | |
| Late/Upper Sinemurian | Chile | L. sp. (210182) | |
| Pliensbachian | United Kingdom | Pseudolimea acuticostata (213633 213635 213636 213637 213638 213640 213641 213643 213644 213647 213648 213650 213651 213654 213655 213656 213657) | |
| Pliensbachian | Portugal (Coimbra) | Pseudolimea acuticostata (225384 225386) | |
| Pliensbachian | United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) | Pseudolimea acuticostata (204121 204122 204123 204124) | |
| Pliensbachian | Greenland | Limaea duplicata (161208) L. acuticosta (161963 161966 161971 162058 162059 162098 162110 162260 162261 162276) | |
| Jamesoni | Turkey | Pseudolimea acuticostata (158460 158461 158462 158463 200773) | |
| Jamesoni | Greenland | L. acuticosta (161976 161977 162076 162280) | |
| Late/Upper Pliensbachian | France | Pseudolimea acuticostata (227111 227112) | |
| Late/Upper Pliensbachian | United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) | Pseudolimea acuticostata (204120) | |
| Spinatum | Germany | Pseudolimea acuticostata (159446) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | United Kingdom | Pseudolimea acuticostata (213658 213670 213671 213673 213674 213675 213676 213677 213678 213679 213681 213683 213684 213685 213686 213687 213689 213692 213693 213694 213695 213697 213698 213700 213701 213704) | |
| Toarcian | France | Pseudolimea acuticostata (51608) | |
| Bajocian | France | L. sp. (34713) | |
| Bathonian | France | L. hippia (38738) | |
| Early/Lower Bathonian | Hungary | L. galaczi (125457) | |
| Callovian - Oxfordian | Somalia | Lima strigillata (94519) | |
| Middle Callovian | Madagascar | Lima strigillata (98124) | |
| Oxfordian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | L. sp. (212008) | |
| Oxfordian | Ethiopia | Lima strigillata (93487) | |
| Kimmeridgian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | L. sp. (212014 212015 212016) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany | L. sp. (34608) | |
| Early/Lower Valanginian | Russian Federation (Siberia) | L. sp. (64309) | |
| Cenomanian | Bolivia | L. sp. (229872) | |
| Turonian | France | L. sp. (3742) | |
| Coniacian | France | L. granulata (3744) | |
| Santonian | France | L. granulata (3746) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Germany | L. nux (221859) | |
| Middle Campanian | USA (Texas) | L. reticulata (3604 3605 3608 3609 3626 3632) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Germany | L. nux (213668) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Kazakhstan (Kustanai) | L. denticulata (186859) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Poland | L. geinitzi (27818 27822 28078 28082) | |
| Paleocene | USA (California) | Lima claytonensis (190780) | |
| Thanetian | Australia (Victoria) | L. multicostulifera (6266 6267 6268) | |
| Ypresian | Egypt | L. delanouei (169302) | |
| Bortonian | New Zealand | L. n. sp. (64733) | |
| Kaiatan | New Zealand | L. sp. (4886 52128 67839) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | New Zealand (Canterbury) | L. riparia (45037) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | New Zealand | L. n. sp. (67925) | |
| Chattian | Denmark (Jylland) | L. nysti (9170) | |
| Chattian | Denmark (Jutland) | L. nysti (9176) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (Tasmania) | L. transenna (72221) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) | L. strigilata (62883) | |
| Burdigalian | Slovakia | L. strigilata (160736) | |
| Burdigalian | Germany | L. sp. (111599) | |
| Burdigalian | Italy | L. strigillata (178108) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Netherlands | L. strigilata (186883) | |
| Middle Miocene | Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) | L. strigilata (61896 61897 61898 61900 61906 61907) | |
| Serravallian | France | L. strigillata (34609) | |
| Serravallian | Belgium | L. strigillata (77859 77860) | |
| Serravallian | Spain | L. strigilata (34469) | |
| Tortonian | Morocco | L. strigilata (161327) | |
| Tortonian | Belgium (Antwerpen) | L. strigillata (48092) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Morocco | L. strigilata (173166) | |
| Tortonian - Zanclean | Australia (Victoria) | L. transenna (166810) | |
| Zanclean | Australia (Victoria) | L. transenna (166744) | |
| Pliocene | Costa Rica | Limaea solida (134657) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Jamaica | L. solida (58522 69090 69094) | |
| Piacenzian | Italy (Emilia-Romagna) | L. strigilata (178117) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Panama (Bocas) | L. sp. (79871) | |
| Calabrian | Greece | L. crassa, L. sp. (190371) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | L. bronniana (61310) |