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Taxonomy
Lima perplana was named by von Koenen (1897). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mungo River, between Mundame and Eliki, which is in a Turonian carbonate limestone/sandstone in the Mungo River Formation of Cameroon.
It was recombined as Lima (Plagiostoma) perplana by Dartevelle and Freneix (1957).
It was recombined as Lima (Plagiostoma) perplana by Dartevelle and Freneix (1957).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
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, Plagiostoma aciculatum, Plagiostoma acutum, Plagiostoma biiniensis, Plagiostoma bilibini, Plagiostoma blakei, Plagiostoma complanata, Plagiostoma costatum, Plagiostoma exaltata, Plagiostoma fischeri, Plagiostoma gejiuensis, Plagiostoma gigantea, Plagiostoma highworthensis, Plagiostoma incrassatum, Plagiostoma jumaraensis, Plagiostoma laeviosculum, Plagiostoma laeviuscula, Plagiostoma laeviusculum, Plagiostoma modeli, Plagiostoma muddoensis, Plagiostoma mutabile, Plagiostoma oepybolum, Plagiostoma oepybolus, Plagiostoma rahmuensis, Plagiostoma regularis, Plagiostoma rigidulum, Plagiostoma rodburgense, Plagiostoma rusticum, Plagiostoma schardti, Plagiostoma semiornata, Plagiostoma subcardiiforme, Plagiostoma tenuistriata, Plagiostoma toarcensis, Plagiostoma woodsi, Plagiostoma zonata
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1897 | Lima perplana von Koenen p. 24 figs. Pl 1, fig 1; pl 3, fig 19 |
| 1933 | Lima perplana Riedel p. 29 figs. Pl 5, fig 5 |
| 1957 | Lima (Plagiostoma) perplana Dartevelle and Freneix p. 102 figs. Pl 13, figs 5,6 |
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†Lima (Plagiostoma) perplana von Koenen 1897
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available