Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Alternative combinations: Lima (Acesta) hamlini, Lima hamlini

Full reference: W. H. Dall. 1900. A new species of Lima. The Nautilus 14:15-16

Belongs to Acesta (Acesta) according to E. J. Moore 1987

See also Dall 1900 and Woodring 1938

Sister taxa: Acesta (Acesta) goajira, Acesta (Acesta) multiradiata, Acesta (Acesta) twinensis

Type specimen: USNM 495186, a shell. Its type locality is 3rd Street tunnel, which is in a Pliocene coastal shale in the Fernando Formation of California.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at 3rd Street tunnel

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