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Acesta (Acesta) hamlini

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Taxonomy
Lima hamlini was named by Dall (1900). Its type specimen is USNM 495186, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 3rd Street tunnel, which is in a Pliocene coastal shale in the Fernando Formation of California.

It was recombined as Lima (Acesta) hamlini by Woodring (1938); it was recombined as Acesta (Acesta) hamlini by Moore (1987).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. aequilatera, A. cutleri, A. goliath, A. latens, A. watanabei, A. amaxensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Lima hamlini Dall pp. 15 - 16
1938Lima (Acesta) hamlini Woodring p. 47
1987Acesta (Acesta) hamlini Moore p. C15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
—Limoidei(Moore 1952)
superfamilyLimoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyLimidaeRafinesque 1815
genusAcestaAdams and Adams 1858
subgenusAcestaAdams and Adams 1858
specieshamlini()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 08:34:44
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:34:44
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: Early/Lower Pliocene or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Lima hamlini (type locality: 120822)