Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Full reference: E. Forbes. 1846. Report on the fossil invertebrata from southern India, collected by Mr. Kaye and Mr. Cunliffe. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 7:97-174
Belongs to Plicatula according to R. A. Reyment 1955
See also Forbes 1846
Sister taxa: 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 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
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Egypt (2 collections), Madagascar (1), Nigeria (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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