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Lima (Limatula) turgidula ✝

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	144108	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=144108

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Limidae : Limatula : Lima (Limatula) turgidula

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Lima (Limatula) turgidula	species	belongs to Lima (Limatula)	stated with evidence	White, 1887

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

109 - 105 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

105 - 100 Ma
Cretaceous

Environment

marine (based on Pectinida)

Motility

facultatively mobile, attached (based on Limatula)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Limatula)

Taphonomy

aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Limidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1887	Lima (Limatula) turgidula White p. 43 figs. pl. 3, fig. 5
1936	Lima (Limatula) turgidula Maury p. 126

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

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!