Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Belongs to Gryphaea according to Lamarck 1819
See also Gabb 1869
Sister taxa: Gryphaea (Africogryphaea), Gryphaea (Bilobissa), Gryphaea (Catinula), Gryphaea (Gryphaea), Gryphaea accipiter, Gryphaea arcta, Gryphaea arcuata, Gryphaea arcuataeformis, Gryphaea avicularis, Gryphaea balli, Gryphaea bilobata, Gryphaea brongniarti, Gryphaea colombiana, Gryphaea costellata, Gryphaea cymbium, Gryphaea distorta, Gryphaea eversa, Gryphaea gigantea, Gryphaea keilhaui, Gryphaea kenkerensis, Gryphaea mccullochi, Gryphaea mutabilis, Gryphaea navia, Gryphaea nevadensis, Gryphaea obliquata, Gryphaea orientalis, Gryphaea pitcherii, Gryphaea planoconvexa, Gryphaea stomatoidea, Gryphaea wardi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Gryphaea plicata in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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