Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Alternative combination: Plicatula gibbus
Synonyms: Plicatula guppyi Woodring 1925, Plicatula marginata Say 1824, Plicatula vexillata Guppy 1873
Belongs to Plicatula according to D. Massemin et al. 2009
See also da Silva Forti 1969, DuBar 1958, Jung 1965, Olsson 1922, Olsson and Harbison 1953, Richards 1962, Richards et al. 1969, Rosenberg 2005 and Woodring 1982
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 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 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:
• Quaternary of Bermuda (2 collections), Brazil (3), United States (36: Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina), Uruguay (2), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene of Colombia (4), Costa Rica (1), Jamaica (5), Panama (1), Trinidad and Tobago (5), United States (41: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (6)
• Miocene of Panama (1), United States (1: New Jersey), Venezuela (2)
Total: 111 collections including 112 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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