Plicatostylus Lupher and Packard 1930 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Plicatostylidae

Full reference: R. L. Lupher and W. L. Packard. 1930. The Jurassic and Cretaceous rudistids of Oregon. University of Oregon Publication: Geology Series 1(3):203-224

Parent taxon: Plicatostylidae according to R. L. Lupher and W. L. Packard 1930

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Ros-Franch et al. 2014 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Lithiotidae, Cochlearites

Subtaxa: Plicatostylus gregarius

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Type: Plicatostylus gregarius

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Carta geologica 175-176, Locality 33 (Jurassic of Chile)

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