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Lima (Lima)

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)100010https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=100010
Ranksubgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Limidae : Lima : Lima (Lima)
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
-EubivalviaCarter 2011
subclassAutobranchia
infraclassPteriomorphia
-OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
-OstreioniFerussac 1822
-OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
-Limoidei
superfamilyLimoidea
familyLimidaeRafinesque 1815
genusLimaBruguière 1797
subgenusLima (Lima)Bruguiére 1796
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Lima (Lima)subgenusbelongs to Limastated with evidenceBruguiére, 1796
Lima (Lima)subgenusbelongs to Limastated without evidenceVokes, 1973
Lima (Lima)subgenusbelongs to Limastated with evidenceMoore, 1987
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
Extant Size (PBDB)3 (60%)
First Recorded Appearance222 - 212 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Environmentmarine (based on Pectinida)
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Lima)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Lima)
Taphonomyaragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Limidae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. K. Skwarko. 1994. Mollusca in Indonesian Cenozoic biostratigraphy (a computerised compilation)

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Lima (Lima) caribaea
species
listed (PBDB)52.59 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant
Lima (Lima) rembangensis
species
listed (PBDB)13.60 Ma
Pliocene
0 Ma
Extant
Lima (Lima) tampaensis
species
listed (PBDB)
Lima (Lima) vedderi
species
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1796Lima (Lima) Bruguiére
1973Lima (Lima) Vokes p. 89
1987Lima (Lima) Moore p. C13
2002Lima (Lima) Marquet

References

Skwarko S. K. (1994) , Mollusca in Indonesian Cenozoic biostratigraphy (a computerised compilation)
Vokes H. E. (1973) Notes on the fauna of the Chipola Formation - XIII: The family Limidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia), Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 10 2, 87-96
Moore E. J. (1987) Tertiary Marine Pelycypods of California and Baja California: Plicatulidae to Ostreidae, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1228 C, 1-53
Marquet R. (2002) The Neogene Amphineura and Bivalvia (Protobranchia and Pteriomorphia) from Kallo and Doel (Oost Vlaanderen, Belgium), Palaeontos 2, 1-100
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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