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Pseudolimea

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Pseudolimea Douglas and Arkell p. 160
1970Pseudolimea Ronchetti p. 58
1980Pseudolimea Vokes p. 62
1998Limea (Pseudolimea) Stilwell p. 49
2002Pseudolimea Sepkoski
2006Pseudolimea El Qot p. 35
2008Pseudolimea Scholz 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
genusPseudolimeaDouglas and Arkell 1932

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. †Pseudolimea Douglas and Arkell 1932
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Lima kerri Stephenson 1923
Lima kimbroensis Stephenson 1941
Lima pelagica woolseyi Stephenson 1941
Lima reticulata Forbes 1845
Lima sellardsi Stephenson 1941
Limea (Pseudolimea) cristata Dumortier 1869
Pseudolimea chongi Hayami et al. 1977
Pseudolimea composita Sowerby 1836
Pseudolimea cumaunica Bittner 1899
Pseudolimea dilatata von Koenen 1897
Pseudolimea duplicata Sowerby 1814
Pseudolimea fida Marwick 1953
Pseudolimea hettangiensis Terquem 1855
Pseudolimea inanis Marwick 1953
Pseudolimea interplicosa Stoliczka 1871
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Invalid names: Lima bleicheri Thomas and Peron 1890 [synonym]
Pseudolimea itieriana Pictet and Roux 1852
Pseudolimea kaplani Kurushin 1987
Pseudolimea koninckana Chapuis and Dewalque 1853
Pseudolimea liasina Gemmellaro 1874
Pseudolimea naumanni Kobayashi and Ichikawa 1951
Pseudolimea neglecta Tate 1867
Pseudolimea riccardii Damborenea 2012
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height913.56.0029.117.98.41

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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Spathian to the top of the Danian or 251.30000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections (744 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation P. kaplani (99908 107200)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Poland P. dunkeri (33426) P. regularis, P. sp. (33419) P. sp. (33417 33425)
Anisian - Sinemurian247.2 - 190.8Chile (Huasco) P. sp. (223232)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Slovakia P. sp. (23867)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Japan (Kochi) P. naumanni (40471)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Japan (Tokyo) P. naumanni (40306)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Japan (Tokushima) P. naumanni (40478)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Japan (Fukui) P. yataensis (39563) P. yataensis, P. naumanni (39564)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) Lima naumanni (97859 98279 98281 98282 98290)
Norian228.0 - 208.5United Arab Emirates P. cumaunica (41201 41210 135974)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Lima reticulata (4377)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) P. kerri, P. reticulata (7615)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Lima reticulata (4106 4123 4127 4128 4131 4132 4133 4137 4147 4156 4164 4168 4169 4170 4172)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) P. angusta (73882 73946 73949 73957 73958 73959 73960 73961 73962 73963 73964 73997)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) Lima reticulata (4345 4350 4352 4353 4354 4355 4360 4362)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Poland P. granulata (27818 27819 27822 28082 28445)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Lima reticulata (4369 4373)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) Lima kimbroensis (4395 4451 4517) Lima reticulata (4400 4453 4457 4460 4467 4482 4490 4491) Lima sellardsi (4475 4488 4494 4496)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Neuquén) P. symmetrica (73912 73914 73917 73920 73921 73985)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2Argentina (Chubut) P. sp. (57165)