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Description

Acesta is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acesta, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2288745	https://www.gbif.org/species/2288745
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16439	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16439

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Limida : Limidae : Acesta

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Limidae : Acesta

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Pteriomorphia
-	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Pectinida
suborder	Anomiidina	Gray 1854
-	Limoidei
superfamily	Limoidea
family	Limidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Acesta	H.Adams & A.Adams 1858

Scientific Name

Acesta H.Adams & A.Adams, 1858

Name Published In

Gen. Moll., 2

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Acesta	subgenus	belongs to Lima	stated without evidence	Maury, 1936
Acesta	genus	belongs to Limidae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Acesta	genus	belongs to Limidae	stated without evidence	Moore, 1984
Acesta	genus	belongs to Limidae	stated with evidence	Moore, 1987
Acesta	genus	belongs to Limidae	implied	Lamprell and Whitehead, 1992
Acesta	genus	belongs to Limidae	stated without evidence	Todd, 2001
Acesta	genus	belongs to Pterioida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Acesta	genus	belongs to Limidae	stated with evidence	Stilwell et al., 2004
Acesta	genus	belongs to Limidae	stated without evidence	Spencer et al., 2004

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

4 (25%)

First Recorded Appearance

166 - 164 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Environment

marine (based on Pectinida)

Motility

facultatively mobile

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: EP, SE, BA, SU according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Limidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

C. J. Maury. 1936. Monographias do Servico Geologico E Mineralogico 11:1-283

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acesta

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Acesta (Acesta) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		21	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Acesta agassizii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acesta angolensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acesta bibbyi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Acesta borneensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acesta brycei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	161 Ma Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Acesta bullisi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acesta butonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acesta celebensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acesta citrina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acesta colombiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acesta cryptadelphe species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acesta diomedae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acesta excavata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Acesta goajira species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acesta goliath species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acesta imitata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acesta indica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acesta kronenbergi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acesta levitesta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acesta marissinica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acesta maui species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Acesta mori species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acesta niasensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acesta oophaga species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acesta patagonica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acesta philippinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acesta rathbuni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acesta regia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acesta saginata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acesta smithi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acesta sphoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acesta verdensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acesta virgo species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acesta vitrina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acesta webbi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lima (Acesta) beta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lima (Acesta) obliquistriata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lima (Acesta) obsoleta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lima (Acesta) praetexta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Lima (Acesta) sameshimai ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Lima beta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lima hamlini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lima obliquistriata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lima obsoleta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lima praetexta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lima sameshimai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Plicacesta H.E.Vokes, 1963	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Limida : Limidae : *Plicacesta*
Callolima Bartsch, 1913	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Limida : Limidae : *Callolima*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1858	Acesta Adams and Adams
1936	Lima (Acesta) Maury p. 128
1937	Lima (Acesta) Popenoe p. 382
1980	Acesta Vokes p. 60
1984	Acesta Moore p. 26
1987	Acesta Moore p. C14

Year	Name and Author
1990	Acesta Beu et al. p. 396
1992	Acesta Lamprell and Whitehead p. 36
2001	Acesta Todd
2002	Acesta Sepkoski, Jr.
2004	Acesta Spencer et al.
2004	Acesta Stilwell et al. p. 21

References

Maury C. J. (1936) , Monographias do Servico Geologico E Mineralogico 11, 1-283

Popenoe W. P. (1937) Upper Cretaceous Mollusca from Southern California, Journal of Paleontology 11 5, 379-402

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Moore E. J. (1984) Molluscan paleontology and biostratigraphy of the Lower Miocene upper part of the Lincoln Creek Formation in southwestern Washington, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 351, 1-42

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

Beu A. G., Maxwell P.A., et al (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 58

Lamprell K., Whitehead T. (1992) , Bivalves of Australia 1

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of bivalves in the Panama Paleontology Project collections, [http://eusmilia.geology.uiowa.edu/database/bivalves/systemat/bivaltax.htm#list]

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Spencer H. G., Willan R. C., et al (2004) Checklist of the Recent Mollusca described from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone, [http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz/index.html]

Stilwell J. D., Zinsmeister W. J., et al (2004) Early Paleocene Mollusks of Antarctica: Systematics, Paleoecology and Paleobiogeographic Significance, Bulletins of American Paleontology 367

CAAB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Gen. Moll., 2 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Bouchet et al., 2001 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213. - via World Register of Marine Species

Vaught, K. C. / Abbott, Robert T. and Kenneth J. Boss, 1989: null. A classification of the living Mollusca. xii+195. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Karlsson, Anna (2004) Mollusker - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

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