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Plicatula instabilis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae

Taxonomy
Plicatula instabilis was named by Stoliczka (1871).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. acuminata, P. andersoni, P. arenaria, P. armata, P. aschersoni, P. asperrima, P. auricola, P. australis, P. badiensis, P. barriosi, P. baylii, P. bellardii, P. boischini, P. bussoni, P. calloptychus, P. calloptycus, P. calloviensis, P. cancellata, P. caribbeana, P. carteroniana, P. clarki, P. costata, P. damoni, P. dentonensis, P. deslomgchampsi, P. deslongchampsi, P. dichotomocosta, P. dispar, P. eroessa, P. filamentosa, P. follis, P. forneli, P. freneixae, P. goldenana, P. gurgitis, P. harrisiana, P. himalayensis, P. howelli, P. hydrotheca, P. imbricata, P. incongrua, P. inflata, P. inornata, P. irregularis, P. kachhensis, P. kiiensis, P. kobyi, P. laevigata, P. lalajensis, P. lapidosa, P. lepidota, P. louisiana, P. millicaensis, P. millosevichi, P. mytilina, P. numidica, P. oceani, P. oepybolis, P. ogerieni, P. papyracea, P. pastilliformis, P. patelloides, P. pausicostata, P. pectinoides, P. peregrina, P. perinflata, P. periobricata, P. placunaea, P. plus, P. praenipponica, P. pustula, P. radiola, P. radiola, P. radiola, P. raynesi, P. renniei, P. rennieri, P. reynesi, P. roemeri, P. roissyi, P. romosa, P. roselli, P. ruperella, P. sarcinula, P. silicea, P. simplex, P. sinaiensis, P. singewaldi, P. sinnbishris, P. somarisensis, P. sophiaejacobae, P. striatocostata, P. subcircularis, P. subgurgitis, P. subserrata, P. sudrensis, P. torreoensis, P. turkestanensis, P. urticosa, P. varioloia, P. venezuela, P. ventilabrum, P. vermiculata, P. virgulina, P. weymouthiana, P. yatsujiensis, P. armata, P. emaciata, P. gurgitis, P. lexoviensis, P. mytilina, P. producta, P. striata, P. laevis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Plicatula instabilis Stoliczka
1933Plicatula instabilis Riedel p. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
—AnomioideiGray 1854
—DimyoiteiRidewood 1903
superfamilyPlicatuloideaGray 1857
familyPlicatulidaeWatson 1930
genusPlicatulaLamarck 1801
speciesinstabilisStoliczka 1871

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Plicatula instabilis Stoliczka 1871
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available