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Plicatula costaeirregularis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae

Taxonomy
Plicatula costaeirregularis was named by Adegoke (1977). Its type specimen is UIMG 432 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ewekoro Quarry, which is in a Selandian open shallow subtidal packstone in the Ewekoro Formation of Nigeria.

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
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2023-12-15

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Plicatula costaeirregularis Adegoke p. 233 figs. Plate 35, Figs. 3-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
—AnomioideiGray 1854
—DimyoiteiRidewood 1903
superfamilyPlicatuloideaGray 1857
familyPlicatulidaeWatson 1930
genusPlicatulaLamarck 1801
speciescostaeirregularis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available