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Plicatula (Plicatula)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1801Plicatula (Plicatula) Lamarck
1987Plicatula (Plicatula) Moore p. C5
2002Plicatula (Plicatula) Mandic et al. p. 300
2008Plicatula (Plicatula) Scholz et al.
2021Plicatula (Plicatula) Mendir et al. p. 12

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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
AnomioideiGray 1854
DimyoiteiRidewood 1903
superfamilyPlicatuloideaGray 1857
familyPlicatulidaeWatson 1930
genusPlicatulaLamarck 1801
subgenusPlicatulaLamarck 1801

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.

Subg. Plicatula (Plicatula) Lamarck 1801
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Invalid names: Plicatula rugulosa von Koenen 1897 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Plicatula batnensis Coquand 1880 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Composition 2: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Epibiont: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 08:34:10
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:34:10
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Pliensbachian to the top of the Badenian or 190.80000 to 12.70000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 189.6 Ma

Collections (162 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Obtusum196.5 - 189.6Chile Plicatula armata (95102)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Canada (British Columbia) Plicatula sp. (53379)
Middle Toarcian182.0 - 175.6Canada (British Columbia) Plicatula sp. (53378)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal (Centro) Plicatula sp. (68220)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0United Kingdom (England) Plicatula producta (69130)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bavaria) Plicatula sp. (57157)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany Plicatula lexoviensis, Plicatula sp. (34608)
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Plicatula producta (69254)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Madagascar Plicatula batnensis (98244)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Egypt Plicatula auressensis (150677)
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8Congo-Kinshasa Plicatula auressensis (3820)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Plicatula auressensis (140613 140618)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Algeria Plicatula auressensis, Plicatula ferryi (220822)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Plicatula auressensis (150787) Plicatula auressensis, Plicatula ferryi (150675) Plicatula ferryi (150614)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (New Mexico) Plicatula ferryi (44245 44282 44284)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USSR Plicatula auressensis, Plicatula fourneli (3796)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Algeria Plicatula auressensis, Plicatula fourneli (220825)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Utah) Plicatula ferryi (44164)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Nigeria Plicatula fourneli (28151 28152)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Brazil Plicatula auressensis (140840)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Libya Plicatula auressensis (208634 208635)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Arizona) Plicatula ferryi (54154 54155 56075)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Plicatula auressensis (114798 140239 140240 140242 140584) Plicatula auressensis, Plicatula ferryi (114793 114813) Plicatula auressensis, Plicatula ferryi, Plicatula fourneli (114794 114795)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Jordan Plicatula auressensis, Plicatula ferryi (66789)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Algeria Plicatula ferryi (220824)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Brazil Plicatula auressensis (140839)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Jordan Plicatula ferryi (66800)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian99.6 - 89.3Nigeria Plicatula ferryi, Plicatula fourneli (83019)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian99.6 - 89.3Egypt Plicatula auressensis (150676)
Turonian - Cenomanian93.9 - 93.9Nigeria Plicatula auressensis (3813)
Turonian - Cenomanian93.9 - 93.9Gabon Plicatula auressensis (3818)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Nigeria Plicatula ferryi, Plicatula fourneli (3812)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Congo-Kinshasa Plicatula ferryi (3821)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Gabon Plicatula ferryi, Plicatula fourneli (209539)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Egypt Plicatula auressensis (114799 140585 140586 140587) Plicatula auressensis, Plicatula ferryi (114815) Plicatula ferryi (114816 140243 140245 140588)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Nigeria Plicatula ferryi (83021 83025)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Cameroon Plicatula rugulosa (209694)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Jordan Plicatula ferryi (66799)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Peru Plicatula ferryi (61997)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USSR Plicatula auressensis (3801) Plicatula auressensis, Plicatula batnensis (3797 3799)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (New Mexico) Plicatula ferryi (87805 87809)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Brazil (Sergipe) Plicatula ferryi (143738 143742)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Peru Plicatula ferryi (61998 62001 62002 62003 62004 62007)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Egypt Plicatula ferryi (114802 114822)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Tunisia Plicatula ferryi (88862)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Brazil (Sergipe) Plicatula auressensis (143183 143188)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USSR Plicatula auressensis, Plicatula batnensis (3807 3808) Plicatula auressensis, Plicatula fourneli, Plicatula batnensis (3805)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Congo-Brazzaville Plicatula ferryi (1368)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Nigeria Plicatula auressensis (83016 83020)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Nigeria Plicatula auressensis (83017)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Congo-Brazzaville Plicatula ferryi (209624)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Egypt Plicatula ferryi (114826 114827 114908)
Early/Lower Coniacian - Santonian89.3 - 83.6Egypt (Sinai) Plicatula ferryi (47102 47103)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Ecuador Plicatula ferryi (61914)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Congo-Brazzaville Plicatula auressensis (191892)
Early/Lower Santonian - Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Egypt Plicatula ferryi (114806)
Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5Angola Plicatula auressensis (210904)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Egypt Plicatula ferryi (114807)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jordan Plicatula ferryi (1358)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Mexico (Guerrero) Plicatula batnensis (7461)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Plicatula mullicaensis (4175 4176 4177 4178 4179 4182 4184 4185 4187 4189 4193 4197 4203 4204 4205 4206 4229 4236 4237) Plicatula mullicaensis, Plicatula sp. (4173 4174 4196 4198 4201 4202 4228 4230) Plicatula sp. (4181 4183 4186 4188 4190 4191)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) Plicatula mullicaensis (4511 4520) Plicatula mullicaensis, Plicatula sp. (4522) Plicatula sp. (4415 4438 4473 4475 4485 4502 4504 4508) Plicatula sp., Plicatula mullicaensis (4521 4523)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Plicatula mullicaensis (4142 4148 4160 4161 4163 4167 4169) Plicatula sp. (4168)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Australia (Western Australia) Plicatula emaciata (48441)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland Plicatula striata (51691) Plicatula striata, Plicatula mytilina (51689 51690)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland Plicatula mytilina (51687)