Lima

Lima is a genus of file shells or file clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae, the file shells, within the subclass Pteriomorphia.

Lima

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
LimidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia

Time the record covers

At least 298 million years on record.

The record covers at least 298.9 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 307 Mya to 0 Mya.

Carboniferous — about 1 of 1096 occurrencesPermian — about 18 of 1096 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 3 of 1096 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 42 of 1096 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 111 of 1096 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 129 of 1096 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 28 of 1096 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 50 of 1096 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 95 of 1096 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 363 of 1096 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 10 of 1096 occurrencesEocene — about 54 of 1096 occurrencesOligocene — about 25 of 1096 occurrencesMiocene — about 81 of 1096 occurrencesPliocene — about 27 of 1096 occurrencesPleistocene — about 60 of 1096 occurrences313–303 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences303–292 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences292–282 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences282–271 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences271–261 Mya — about 5 occurrences261–251 Mya — about 11 occurrences251–240 Mya — about 31 occurrences240–230 Mya — about 61 occurrences230–219 Mya — about 24 occurrences219–209 Mya — about 16 occurrences209–198 Mya — about 46 occurrences198–188 Mya — about 41 occurrences188–177 Mya — about 63 occurrences177–167 Mya — about 14 occurrences167–157 Mya — about 27 occurrences157–146 Mya — about 32 occurrences146–136 Mya — about 17 occurrences136–125 Mya — about 30 occurrences125–115 Mya — about 24 occurrences115–104 Mya — about 19 occurrences104–94 Mya — about 33 occurrences94–84 Mya — about 18 occurrences84–73 Mya — about 38 occurrences73–63 Mya — about 286 occurrences63–52 Mya — about 10 occurrences52–42 Mya — about 7 occurrences42–31 Mya — about 49 occurrences31–21 Mya — about 29 occurrences21–10 Mya — about 50 occurrences10–0 Mya — about 110 occurrences298.9 Mya129 ka313 Mya0 Mya

1,096 occurrences of Lima on record, most of them in the Late Cretaceous. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

1,096 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

256 formations

Prairie Bluff — 34.51°N, 88.92°WPrairie Bluff — 34.25°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 33.89°N, 88.96°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.91°WPrairie Bluff — 33.50°N, 88.81°WPrairie Bluff — 33.05°N, 88.56°WPrairie Bluff — 32.90°N, 88.46°WPrairie Bluff — 34.48°N, 88.98°WPrairie Bluff — 33.73°N, 88.90°WPrairie Bluff — 32.73°N, 88.30°WPrairie Bluff — 32.74°N, 88.36°WPrairie Bluff — 32.66°N, 88.17°WPrairie Bluff — 32.59°N, 88.17°WPrairie Bluff — 32.43°N, 88.04°WPrairie Bluff — 32.23°N, 87.50°WPrairie Bluff — 32.14°N, 87.42°WPrairie Bluff — 32.07°N, 87.33°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.99°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.81°WPrairie Bluff — 31.97°N, 86.72°WPrairie Bluff — 32.00°N, 86.48°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 86.00°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 85.92°WCorsicana Marl — 33.51°N, 94.67°WCorsicana Marl — 33.11°N, 95.98°WCorsicana Marl — 32.22°N, 96.31°WCorsicana Marl — 30.94°N, 96.95°WCorsicana Marl — 30.81°N, 97.10°WCorsicana Marl — 30.38°N, 97.49°WCorsicana Marl — 30.37°N, 97.45°WCorsicana Marl — 30.34°N, 97.51°WCorsicana Marl — 30.19°N, 97.61°WCorsicana Marl — 29.83°N, 97.84°WCorsicana Marl — 29.80°N, 97.89°WCorsicana Marl — 29.72°N, 97.90°WCorsicana Marl — 29.60°N, 98.03°WCorsicana Marl — 29.63°N, 98.54°WCorsicana Marl — 29.59°N, 98.08°WCorsicana Marl — 29.49°N, 98.19°WCorsicana Marl — 29.44°N, 98.56°WCorsicana Marl — 29.37°N, 98.78°WCorsicana Marl — 29.48°N, 98.81°WCorsicana Marl — 29.35°N, 98.88°WProvidence — 31.91°N, 86.17°WProvidence — 31.97°N, 86.00°WProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.82°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.70°WProvidence — 31.95°N, 85.68°WProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.35°WProvidence — 31.94°N, 86.11°WProvidence — 31.84°N, 85.22°WProvidence — 31.73°N, 85.12°WProvidence — 31.82°N, 84.97°WPeedee — 33.91°N, 79.45°WPeedee — 33.83°N, 79.25°WPeedee — 35.77°N, 78.64°WCassian — 46.68°N, 12.15°ECassian — 46.52°N, 11.96°ECassian — 46.64°N, 12.20°ECassian — 46.54°N, 12.25°ECassian — 46.55°N, 11.93°ECassian — 46.54°N, 11.62°ECassian — 46.57°N, 11.94°EOwl Creek — 34.93°N, 88.87°WOwl Creek — 34.74°N, 88.90°WOwl Creek — 34.75°N, 88.93°WOwl Creek — 34.45°N, 89.00°WOwl Creek — 37.00°N, 89.85°WOwl Creek — 37.00°N, 89.87°WOwl Creek — 34.47°N, 88.98°WChiwapa — 34.63°N, 88.94°WChiwapa — 34.63°N, 88.84°WChiwapa — 34.46°N, 88.90°WChiwapa — 34.36°N, 88.92°WChiwapa — 34.19°N, 88.98°WChiwapa — 34.25°N, 88.96°WDouling — 27.62°N, 111.65°EDouling — 25.80°N, 113.00°EDouling — 27.88°N, 112.61°EDouling — 27.75°N, 111.77°EDouling — 23.23°N, 113.29°EBlack Creek — 35.77°N, 78.64°WBlack Creek — 34.48°N, 78.41°WBlack Creek — 35.23°N, 77.79°WBlack Creek — 35.46°N, 77.68°WBlack Creek — 35.67°N, 77.47°WEscondido — 29.59°N, 98.07°WEscondido — 29.27°N, 98.90°WEscondido — 29.29°N, 98.97°WEscondido — 29.39°N, 99.02°WEscondido — 29.24°N, 99.23°WEscondido — 28.73°N, 100.48°WCook Mountain — 32.04°N, 88.73°WCook Mountain — 31.93°N, 92.64°WCook Mountain — 31.12°N, 95.90°WCook Mountain — 30.63°N, 96.55°WCook Mountain — 30.63°N, 96.54°WPaksa — 73.00°N, 113.00°EMoreno — 37.24°N, 121.15°WKapp Toscana — 74.42°N, 19.16°ENacatoch Sand — 32.10°N, 96.47°WNacatoch Sand — 32.59°N, 96.31°WNacatoch Sand — 32.05°N, 96.41°WCape Stewart Beds — 70.46°N, 22.71°WCape Stewart Beds — 70.47°N, 22.64°WKemp Clay — 29.88°N, 97.67°WKemp Clay — 30.33°N, 97.46°WKemp Clay — 30.23°N, 97.52°WLellinge Greensand — 55.71°N, 12.60°ELellinge Greensand — 55.48°N, 10.47°EIhungia — 40.27°S, 176.22°EIhungia — 40.30°S, 176.28°ERifle Butts — 45.09°S, 170.93°ERifle Butts — 45.03°S, 170.02°ECoralline Crag — 52.03°N, 1.38°ECoralline Crag — 52.75°N, 1.53°ECoralline Crag — 52.12°N, 1.55°EMare — 10.61°N, 63.52°WMare — 10.64°N, 64.11°WCape Stewart — 70.45°N, 22.65°WCape Stewart — 70.44°N, 22.65°WCape Stewart — 70.47°N, 22.36°WCalcare di Zu — 45.85°N, 9.42°E

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The named rock units Lima has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 232 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 435 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Lima and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

Where Lima and its relatives were recorded in the Late Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

1,273 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 788 sites for Lima, and this reads 240 of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

329 references

Each of the 1,096 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 317 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Lima

Credit
Yoruno
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

CT scan

Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record
Specimen
Occidozyga lima · zmb:Herp:91011

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Bruguière 1797