Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Full reference: R. L. Squires. 1987. Eocene molluscan paleontology of the Whitaker Peak area, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 388:1-93
Belongs to Plicatula according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Squires 1987 and Squires and Saul 1997
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 huberti, Plicatula hunterae, Plicatula ibo, Plicatula instabilis, Plicatula intuscrenata, Plicatula lapidicina, Plicatula leucensis, Plicatula locardi, Plicatula menkeana, Plicatula modjeskaensis, Plicatula multicostata, 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
Type specimen: LACMIP 7513. Its type locality is CSUN loc. 362, west side of Canton Canyon, which is in a Ypresian marine horizon in the Juncal Formation of California.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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