Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Alternative combinations: Plicatula (Plicatula) ostreiformis, Plicatula ostreaformis
Synonym: Ostrea buwaldana Dickerson 1914
Full reference: T. W. Stanton. 1896. The Faunal Relations of the Eocene and Upper Cretaceous on the Pacific Coast. Seventeenth Annual report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior, 1895-1896: Part 1. Director's Report and Other Papers 1011-1059
Belongs to Plicatula according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Dickerson 1914, Moore 1987, Squires and Saul 1997 and Stanton 1896
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 multicostata, 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:
• Paleocene of United States (4: California collections)
Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences
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