Lima wacoensis
UNB-2018-0773Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Bivalvia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Autobranchia
Order: Pectinida
Family: Limidae
Genus: Lima (Bruguière, 1797)
Species: Lima wacoensis (Roemer, 1849)
Two specimens with both the right and left valves preserved. Longitudinal ribs are visible. Faint growth lines are visible near the ventral margin. Specimens are quite weathered and encrusted with sediment. Rounded, elongated ventral margin and rounded/triangular dorsal margin.
Specifications
| Object name | Lima wacoensis |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0773 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Mesozoic Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Lower Cretaceous Age: Albian to Middle Albian to Late Albian |
| Numeric age | 106 - 103 Mya |
| Origin | Tarrant County, Texas, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 2 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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