Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Parent taxon: Plicatula according to S. Mendir et al. 2021
See also Mandic et al. 2002, Moore 1987 and Scholz et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Plicatula (Darteplicatula), Plicatula (Eoplicatula), Plicatula (Harpax), 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
Subtaxa: Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis Plicatula (Plicatula) ferryi Plicatula (Plicatula) fourneli Plicatula (Plicatula) penicillata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Poland (4 collections)
• Eocene of Australia (1)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (3), Angola (1), Brazil (6), Cameroon (1), the Congo-Brazzaville (3), the Congo-Kinshasa (2), Ecuador (1), Egypt (34), Gabon (2), Jordan (4), Libya (2), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1), Nigeria (10), Peru (7), Tunisia (1), USSR (7), the United Kingdom (1), United States (63: Alabama, Arizona, Mississippi, New Mexico, Texas, Utah)
• Jurassic of Canada (2: British Columbia), Chile (1), Germany (2), Portugal (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 162 collections including 199 occurrences