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Placunopsis ostracina

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae

Taxonomy

Chamites ostracinus was named by Schlotheim (1820).

It was recombined as Placunopsis ostracina by Bachmann (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. alta, P. aplina, P. aptiana, P. distracta, P. dubiosa, P. duriuscula, P. ernesti, P. favrii, P. gingensis, P. granulosa, P. jurensis, P. linensis, P. mortilleti, P. numismalis, P. parallela, P. pichi, P. pseudoradiata, P. pseudotruncata, P. radians, P. semistriata, P. subplana, P. suprajurensis, P. tatrica, P. teruelensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1820	Chamites ostracinus Schlotheim
2002	Placunopsis ostracina Bachmann p. 86

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Pectinida	(Gray 1854)
suborder	Anomiidina	Gray 1854
—	Anomioidei	Gray 1854
—	Anomioitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Anomioidea	Rafinesque 1815
family	Anomiidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Placunopsis	Morris and Lycett 1853
species	ostracina	(Schlotheim 1820)

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.

†Placunopsis ostracina Schlotheim 1820

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragoniteg

Composition 2:

low Mg calciteg

Grouping:

gregariousg

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationaryg

Attached:

yesg

Epibiont:

yesf

Life habit:

epifaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2007-09-19 02:14:00

Modified:

2007-09-19 04:14:00

Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pelsonian to the top of the Carnian or 244.24000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections (26 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Olenekian - Anisian	249.9 - 241.464	Jordan (Janoobiah)	Placunopsis ostracina (201987)
Anisian	246.7 - 241.464	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	Placunopsis ostracina (206384)
Anisian	246.7 - 241.464	Germany (Hessen)	Placunopsis ostracina (38545 44357 44358)
Anisian	246.7 - 241.464	Poland	Placunopsis ostracina (63538)
Pelsonian	244.24 - 243.33	Germany	Placunopsis ostracina (34703)
Pelsonian	244.24 - 243.33	Hungary (Baranya)	Placunopsis ostracina (181571)
Illyrian	243.33 - 241.464	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	Placunopsis ostracina (67647)
Ladinian	241.464 - 237.0	Germany (Bavaria)	Placunopsis ostracina (23243)
Ladinian	241.464 - 237.0	France	Placunopsis ostracina (67672 73865)
Ladinian	241.464 - 237.0	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	Placunopsis ostracina (67649)
Ladinian	241.464 - 237.0	Germany	Placunopsis ostracina (45421 67650 67651)
Longobardian	239.48 - 237.0	Spain (Alicante)	Placunopsis ostracina (202224 202238 202239 202240 202241)
Carnian	237.0 - 227.3	Spain	Placunopsis ostracina (185126 201960 201961 201964 201966)