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Pseudolimea itieriana

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Taxonomy

Lima itieriana was named by Pictet and Roux (1852). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Pseudolimea itieriana by El Qot (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Lima boonei, P. arctica, P. densicostata, P. duodecicostata, P. echinata, P. giganteum, P. hettangensis, P. latiangulata, P. mandawaensis, P. planoplicata

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1852	Lima itieriana Pictet and Roux
1917	Lima itieriana Newton p. 569 figs. Pl 1, fig 9
1930	Lima itieriana Lombard p. 305
2006	Pseudolimea itieriana El Qot p. 35
2016	Lima itieriana Musavu Moussavou and Mougola p. 28 figs. Pl 1, fig 5

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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)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	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	Pseudolimea	Douglas and Arkell 1932
species	itieriana	(Pictet and Roux 1852)

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.

†Pseudolimea itieriana Pictet and Roux 1852

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Composition 2:

low Mg calcitef

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationaryf

Attached:

yesf

Life habit:

low-level epifaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2007-11-26 09:06:10

Modified:

2009-10-10 17:36:45

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

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Turonian or 105.30000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (20 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian	105.3 - 99.6	Angola	Lima itieriana (210726)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian	105.3 - 93.9	Egypt	Pseudolimea itieriana (150677 150876)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Egypt	Pseudolimea itieriana (140114)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Egypt	Pseudolimea itieriana (150675)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Egypt	Pseudolimea itieriana (114798 114813 140238)
Middle Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Egypt	Pseudolimea itieriana (140540)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian	99.6 - 89.3	Egypt	Pseudolimea itieriana (150676)
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Congo-Brazzaville	Lima itieriana (209625)
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Gabon	Lima itieriana (209488)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Egypt	Pseudolimea itieriana (114799 114814 114815 140245 140585 140587 140588)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Egypt	Pseudolimea itieriana (114801)