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Lima (Acesta) obliquistriata

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Taxonomy

Lima obliquistriata was named by Forbes (1846).

It was recombined as Lima (Acesta) obliquistriata by Dartevelle and Freneix (1957).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Acesta aequilatera, Acesta cutleri, Acesta dorbignyana, Acesta goliath, Acesta latens, Acesta watanabei, Acesta amaxensis, L. aspera, L. callovica, L. catalaunica, L. columbiae, L. cometi, L. complanata, L. elpasensis, L. eryx, L. janetae, L. joleaudi, L. kindopeensis, L. paleata, L. papillifera, L. saurassovi, L. soror, L. striatissima, L. swenanderi, L. utahensis, L. wynnei, L. yataensis, L. bittneri, L. brancoi, L. limopsis, L. occidentalis, L. schimperi, L. toarcensis, L. yeovilensis, L. boonei, L. virgulina

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1846	Lima obliquistriata Forbes p. 154 figs. Pl 18, fig 13
1957	Lima (Acesta) obliquistriata Dartevelle and Freneix p. 99 figs. Pl 12, figs 12,13; pl 14, fig 13

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Pectinida	(Gray 1854)
suborder	Anomiidina	Gray 1854
—	Limoidei	(Moore 1952)
superfamily	Limoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Limidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Lima	Adams and Adams 1858
subgenus	Acesta
species	obliquistriata	()

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.

†Lima (Acesta) obliquistriata Forbes 1846

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Composition 2:

low Mg calcitef

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileg

Attached:

yesf

Life habit:

epifaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-09-09 08:34:44

Modified:

2009-09-09 10:34:44

Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	India	Acesta obliquistriata (1351)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Madagascar	Acesta obliquistriata (1322)