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Plicatula densata

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae

Taxonomy
Plicatula densata was named by Conrad (1843) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene-Early Pliocene; New Jersey-circum Caribbean.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

Subspecies
P. democraciana
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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Plicatula densata Conrad p. 311
1898Plicatula densata Dall p. 763
1904Plicatula densata Glenn p. 371
1919Plicatula densata Cooke p. 145
1926Plicatula densata Kellum p. 36
1927Plicatula densata democraciana Hodson and Hodson p. 39 figs. pl. 24, figs. 3, 4, 7, 8
1943Plicatula densata Richards p. 519
1994Plicatula densata Perrilliat p. 237
2008Plicatula densata Hendy et al.

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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
speciesdensataConrad 1843

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 densata Conrad 1843
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†Plicatula densata democraciana Hodson and Hodson 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Composition 2: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Epibiont: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 08:34:10
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:34:10
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Messinian or 27.30000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (North Carolina) Plicatula densata (71652)
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45USA (Florida) Plicatula densata (60985 61070)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (North Carolina) Plicatula densata (41987)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Cuba Plicatula densata (75304 75309)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (New Jersey) Plicatula densata (59335 59336)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Venezuela (Zulia) Plicatula densata (60627)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Plicatula densata (41760 42225 42250 42365 42482 42663 42678)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Venezuela (Falcon) Plicatula densata (61041)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Mexico (Veracruz) Plicatula densata (91583)
Langhian - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Plicatula densata (135498)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Plicatula densata (61024 61025 61026 61029 61030 61043 135499)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela Plicatula densata (131304)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Plicatula densata (61017 61027 61031 61039 61040 61042)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Plicatula densata (60802)