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Palaeolima

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Palaeolima Hind
1958Paleolima Elias p. 775
1980Palaeolima Vokes p. 62
1980Palaeolima planocosta Xu p. 4
1980Palaeolima anshunensis Xu p. 6
1980Palaeolima nodosocostata Xu p. 8
1980Palaeolima striatocostata Xu p. 12
2002Palaeolima Sepkoski
2014Palaeolima Ros-Franch et al.

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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
genusPalaeolimaHind 1903

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. †Palaeolima Hind 1903
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Palaeolima afanasievi Muromtseva 1984
Palaeolima anfuensis Li and Ding 1982
Palaeolima antinaoensis González 1972
Palaeolima badiotica Prinoth and Posenato 2023
Palaeolima chekiangensis Ku and Chen 1963
Palaeolima dieneri Frech 1911
Palaeolima footei Waagen 1881
Palaeolima hunanensis Zhang 1977
Palaeolima jiaheensis Zhang 1981
Palaeolima kasanensis Netschajew 1894
Palaeolima krotowi Stuckenberg 1898
Palaeolima laticostata Tschernyschew 1902
Palaeolima middlemissi Nakazawa 1981
Palaeolima minima Chen et al. 1974
Palaeolima nakamurai Nakazawa 1999
Palaeolima petaline Zhang 1981
Palaeolima retifera Shumard and Swallow 1858
Palaeolima simplex Phillips 1836
Paleolima triplistriata Stevens 1858
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Invalid names: Lima fasciculata Girty 1911 [synonym], Lima krotowi Mark 1912 [synonym]
Invalid names: Palaeolima anshunensis Xu 1980 [nomen nudum], Palaeolima nodosocostata Xu 1980 [nomen nudum], Palaeolima planocosta Xu 1980 [nomen nudum], Palaeolima striatocostata Xu 1980 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height29.499.0010.09.500.707
valve height339.262.6729.77.677.53

Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-11-26 09:06:10
Modified: 2009-10-10 17:36:45
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Norian or 364.70000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (146 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7China P. sp. A (162314)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) P. sp. (38266 162207)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7China P. sp. A (162313)
Jiusian346.7 - 335.2China (Guangdong) P. sp. (55694)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (5995)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) P. simplex (162351)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Arizona) Paleolima chesterensis (124256)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0United Kingdom (England) P. simplex (162352)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (Oklahoma) Paleolima inequicostata (5611)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (West Virginia) P. sp. (56143)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7United Kingdom (England) P. simplex (162360 162361 162363) P. sp. (8428)
Bashkirian - Moscovian323.2 - 307.0Argentina P. antinaoensis (88682 88684 88686)
Bashkirian - Moscovian323.2 - 307.0Argentina (Chubut) P. antinaoensis (39936)
Alportian322.8 - 321.8United Kingdom (England) P. simplex (162353)
Westphalian318.7 - 307.5Spain Lima retifera (73298)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Kentucky) Lima retifera (195795)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Argentina (La Rioja) P. sp. (39939)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen P. sp. (212497)
Kashirian - Myachkovian313.8 - 307.0USA (New Mexico) Paleolima sp. (46548)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Kansas) P. retifera (981)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Missouri) Lima retifera (70274 70278 70291)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7Russian Federation P. laticostata (202202)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Ohio) Lima retifera (175190) Lima triplistriata (175213)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Russian Federation P. sp. (51474)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) P. retifera (146828 156687)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Illinois) Lima retifera (49830) P. retifer, P. equistriata (50219)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Ohio) Lima retifera (71993)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Russian Federation P. laticostata (114306)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Pakistan P. sp. (116446)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Mexico P. sp. (117974)
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Alaska) Lima retifera (112187 112193)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1India (Kashmir) P. krotowi (86543)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) P. sp. nov. (107345)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Russian Federation (Magadan) P. kasanensis (82847)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Malaysia P. sp. (51566)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Arizona) Lima retifera (52898 95353 120747)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Russian Federation P. kasanensis (113966) P. krotowi (114312)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Russian Federation P. sp. (197625)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Russian Federation (Samara) P. kasanensis (208836)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Hainan) P. tenuilineata (107786)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Sichuan) Lima dieneri (138568)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Guangdong) P. dieneri (113865) P. sp. (113864)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Zhejiang) P. chekiangensis (101615)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guangxi) P. fasciculicostata (123645) P. sp. (95515)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Qinghai) P. minima (112859)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Svalbard and Jan Mayen P. nakamurai (51652 51677)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Hubei) P. minima (123593)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guizhou) P. anshunensis (111996) P. dieneri (197494) P. fasciculicostata (112002) P. minima (112105 121006) P. minima, P. fasciculicostata (112006) P. minima, P. nodosocostata (112004)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Malaysia (Pahang) P. sp. (115251)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Hunan) P. furcoplicatus, P. sp., P. minima, P. fasciculicostata, P. petaline (121731)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Jiangxi) P. anfuensis (102145) P. minima (94990)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Fujian) P. fasciculicostata (102126)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Sichuan) P. minima (98078)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Pakistan Limatulina krotowi (126272)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17India (Kashmir) P. middlemissi (115363 115367)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Madagascar (Diana) Lima footei (119511)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Chongqing) P. minima (98074)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17China (Jiangxi) P. chekiangensis (102122)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17India Lima retifera (230328)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17China (Hunan) P. hunanensis (123648)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Pakistan Lima footei (89061)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Italy P. badiotica (230025 230026 230037 230054)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17India (Kashmir) P. middlemissi (115369 115373 115374)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Russian Federation P. afanasievi (114449)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Zhejiang) P. sp. (105212 105214)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Chongqing) P. hunanensis (94970) P. sp. (149280)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) P. chekiangensis (117464) P. dieneri (111983 111986) P. guizhouensis, P. minima (121007) P. minima (112097) P. planocosta (111987 111988) P. sp. (108551 117475 149295 149298) P. sp., P. dieneri (108544) P. sp., P. sichuanensis (108547) P. striatocostata (112091)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guangxi) P. sp. (123626 149204 149217)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Fujian) P. chekiangensis (111740) P. fasciculicostata, P. jiaheensis (44355) P. sichuanensis (95481 111730) P. sp. (95488 95489) P. xiangnanensis, P. dieneri (111738)
Changhsingian - Griesbachian254.17 - 250.5India (Kashmir) P. middlemissi (50045 50046)
Dienerian250.5 - 251.2China (Qinghai) P. sp. (112813)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Qinghai) P. angustestriatum (101044) P. sp. (101043)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) P. acutecostata (31617 31624 31628) P. acutecostata, P. subcostata (31612 31622 31623) P. dunkeri (31618 31619 31632) P. dunkeri, P. subcostata (31627) P. dunkeri, P. subcostata, P. sp. (31620) P. subcostata (31611 31614 31621 31626)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0USA (Nevada) P. newpassensis (48134)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Germany Pecten simplex (202142)
Norian228.0 - 208.5China (Qinghai) P. balatonica (200769)