Plicatula Lamarck 1801 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae

Parent taxon: Plicatulidae according to S. Mendir et al. 2021

See also Adegoke 1977, Bouchet et al. 2010, Casadío et al. 2005, Coan and Valentich-Scott 2012, da Silva Forti 1969, Dockery 1982, DuBar 1958, Glenn 1904, Lamprell and Healy 1998, Moore 1987, Perrilliat 1994, Scholz et al. 2008, Sepkoski 2002, Shaak and Nicol 1974, Squires 1987, Squires and Demetrion 1992, Tashiro and Kozai 1982, Todd 2001, Vokes 1980, Ward and Blackwelder 1987 and Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Diploschiza, Harpax, Pseudoplacunopsis, Saintiopsis, Spiniplicatula

Subtaxa: Plicatula (Darteplicatula) Plicatula (Eoplicatula) Plicatula (Harpax) Plicatula (Plicatula) Plicatula allisoni Plicatula archiaci Plicatula azulensis Plicatula barnensis Plicatula carinata Plicatula cedroensis Plicatula cochlear Plicatula cossmanni Plicatula costaeirregularis Plicatula cristata Plicatula cyclostroides Plicatula decipiens Plicatula densata Plicatula dubia Plicatula filamentosa Plicatula filifera Plicatula flabellifera Plicatula flattersi Plicatula georgiana Plicatula gibbosa Plicatula hekiensis Plicatula hettangiensis Plicatula hirsuta Plicatula hunterae Plicatula ibo Plicatula instabilis Plicatula intuscrenata Plicatula juncalensis Plicatula lapidicina Plicatula leucensis Plicatula locardi Plicatula menkeana Plicatula modjeskaensis Plicatula multicostata Plicatula ogilviae Plicatula ostreiformis Plicatula papiracea Plicatula parahybensis Plicatula perimbricata Plicatula phymatophora Plicatula placunea Plicatula plexicosta Plicatula plicata Plicatula polymorpha Plicatula pulchra Plicatula quayensis Plicatula quinqueplicata Plicatula rapa Plicatula rostrata Plicatula selandica Plicatula septemcostata Plicatula simiensis Plicatula solea Plicatula spinosa Plicatula spondylopsis Plicatula surensis Plicatula tetrica Plicatula torreonensis Plicatula trailerensis Plicatula umbonata Plicatula variata Plicatula variplicata Plicatula ventilabrum Plicatula youngi Plicatula yueliangpingensis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Bermuda (2 collections), Brazil (3), Costa Rica (1), Djibouti (4), Egypt (1), Eritrea (4), Japan (3), Kenya (5), Mexico (1), Pakistan (2), Saudi Arabia (1), the Seychelles (1), Sudan (1), Taiwan (2), United States (39: Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina), Uruguay (2), Venezuela (1), Yemen (4)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1), Malaysia (4)

• Pliocene of Colombia (4), Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (2), Ecuador (1), Greece (2), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), Indonesia (1), Jamaica (5), Pakistan (1), Panama (2), Trinidad and Tobago (5), United States (41: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (8)

• Miocene of Brazil (9), Bulgaria (2), Colombia (2), Cuba (2), the Dominican Republic (1), France (1), Greenland (1), Indonesia (2), Mexico (1), Moldova (4), Panama (4), Poland (5), Slovakia (1), United States (12: Florida, New Jersey, North Carolina), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (20)

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (2: Florida)

• Oligocene of Germany (1), United States (5: Mississippi, North Carolina), Venezuela (1)

• Eocene of Australia (1), Colombia (1), Egypt (7), France (1), Italy (1), Libya (1), Mexico (6), Nigeria (3), Pakistan (1), United States (84: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia)

• Paleocene to Eocene of Mali (1)

• Paleocene of Argentina (1), Austria (2), Belgium (3), Denmark (1), France (1), Germany (1), Mali (2), Nigeria (1), United States (10: Alabama, California)

• Cretaceous of Algeria (4), Angola (1), Argentina (15), Brazil (12), Cameroon (14), China (1), Colombia (1), the Congo-Brazzaville (5), the Congo-Kinshasa (2), Cuba (1), the Czech Republic (1), Ecuador (2), Egypt (40), France (14), Gabon (2), Germany (3), India (3), Italy (1), Japan (4), Jordan (4), Libya (3), Madagascar (5), Mexico (15), New Zealand (4), Nigeria (17), Oman (2), Peru (15), the Russian Federation (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Senegal (1), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Spain (5), Switzerland (2), Tunisia (3), USSR (8), the United Arab Emirates (1), the United Kingdom (15), United States (163: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Kansas, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Texas, Utah)

• Jurassic of Argentina (4), Bulgaria (4), Canada (4: Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon), Chile (23), China (1), Cuba (1), Ethiopia (2), France (27), Germany (36), Greenland (37), India (19), Israel (1), Italy (4), Japan (4), Kenya (1), Madagascar (4), Mexico (2), New Zealand (2), Portugal (52), the Russian Federation (4), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Slovakia (1), Somalia (1), Spain (87), the United Kingdom (41), United States (25: Alaska, Utah, Wyoming)

• Triassic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), Chile (1), China (3), Indonesia (1), Iran (5), Italy (21), Japan (3), Malaysia (1), New Zealand (1), United States (12: Alaska, California, Nevada, Oregon)

Total: 1194 collections including 1356 occurrences

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