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Plagiostoma giganteum

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Taxonomy
Plagiostoma gigantea was named by Sowerby (1814).

It was corrected as Plagiostoma giganteum by Aberhan (1998), Yin and McRoberts (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Lima aciculata, Lima aequilatera, Lima annonii, Lima boonei, Lima cardiiformis, Lima crickleyensis, Lima educta, Lima eucharis, Lima globosa, Lima occidentalis, Lima phillipsii, Lima planicosta, Lima schimperi, Lima subcardiiforma, Lima toarcensis, Lima yeovilensis, P. aciculata, P. aciculatum, P. acuticostata, P. acutum, P. aequilaterale, P. albensis, P. asperum, P. beyrichi, P. bhattii, P. biiniensis, P. bilibini, P. blakei, P. buckmani, P. cardiiforme, P. complanata, P. complanatum, P. compressum, P. costatum, P. cretacea, P. cretaceum, P. enormicosta, P. erecta, P. exaltata, P. fischeri, P. fuersichi, P. gejiuensis, P. gigantea, P. globosum, P. haidingeri, P. higaeribarense, P. highworthensis, P. hoernesi, P. incrassata, P. incrassatum, P. jumaraensis, P. jumarensis, P. kackeri, P. kayseri, P. kobayashii, P. kuromagariense, P. laeviosculum, P. laevisculum, P. laeviusclum, P. laeviuscula, P. laeviusculum, P. latelunulatum, P. laxmani, P. lineata, P. lineatum, P. marrotiana, P. marrotianum, P. matsumotoi, P. maxima, P. maximum, P. modeli, P. muddoensis, P. mutabile, P. nudata, P. nuitiense, P. nuitoense, P. obscurum, P. occidentalis, P. oepybolum, P. oepybolus, P. ovale, P. ovalis, P. pangymna, P. pararegularis, P. pectinoides, P. pilcheri, P. planicostata, P. planum, P. radiatum, P. rahmuensis, P. rathierana, P. regularis, P. richardsoni, P. rigidula, P. rigidulum, P. rodburgense, P. rodburgense, P. rupicola, P. rusticum, P. sanrikuense, P. santonense, P. saxenai, P. schardti, P. schimperi, P. semicirculare, P. semiornata, P. singhi, P. striatolineatum, P. strigillata, P. strigillatum, P. subcardiiforme, P. subcostatum, P. subpunctatum, P. tenuistriata, P. tingi, P. toarcensis, P. tumida, P. valoniense, P. woodsi, P. zonata, P. zonatum, P. inaequicostata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Plagiostoma gigantea Sowerby p. 176 figs. Pl 77
1998Plagiostoma giganteum Aberhan p. 86 figs. Pl 7, figs 14-15; pl 8, fig 5
2006Plagiostoma giganteum Yin and McRoberts p. 117 figs. 5.6-5.13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
—Limoidei(Moore 1952)
superfamilyLimoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyLimidaeRafinesque 1815
genusPlagiostomaSowerby 1814
speciesgiganteum(Sowerby 1814)

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.

†Plagiostoma giganteum Sowerby 1814
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height448.844.253.948.93.97

Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-11-26 09:06:10
Modified: 2009-10-10 17:36:45
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 205.70000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (93 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom Plagiostoma giganteum (78464 78477)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.4 - 199.5United Kingdom (England) Lima giganteum (29227 29228 29230)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Plagiostoma gigantea (38735 38736)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Lima gigantea (204159)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Italy Plagiostoma giganteum (38170)
Late/Upper Hettangian201.4 - 199.5United Kingdom (Wales) Lima gigantea (29234)
Late/Upper Hettangian201.4 - 199.5United Kingdom (England) Lima giganteum (29233)
Liasicus201.4 - 199.5Belgium Plagiostoma gigantea (40087)
Liasicus201.4 - 199.5United Kingdom (England) Plagiostoma giganteum (78503 78504)
Middle Hettangian201.4 - 199.5United Kingdom (England) Lima giganteum (29231 29232)
Planorbis201.4 - 199.5China (Tibet) Plagiostoma giganteum (73904)
Planorbis201.4 - 199.5United Kingdom (England) Plagiostoma giganteum (78497 78498)
Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Lima gigantea (204157)
Early/Lower Hettangian - Middle Jurassic201.4 - 161.5United Kingdom (England) Lima giganteum (29229)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Luxembourg Plagiostoma giganteum (95991)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Wales) Lima giganteum (29236 29238)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Lima gigantea (204153 204154 204155)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) Lima giganteum (29235 29237 29239 29241)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Plagiostoma gigantea (38728 38729 38733)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Germany Plagiostoma gigantea (28885 28895 28896)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Lima gigantea (204130 204133)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Lima gigantea (204146 204147 204149 204150 204151 204152)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) Plagiostoma giganteum (96467)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Germany Plagiostoma gigantea (28936)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Italy Lima gigantea (173592)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Plagiostoma gigantea (126923)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Dorset) Plagiostoma gigantea (159797) Plagiostoma giganteum (159808)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Plagiostoma giganteum (225394 225396)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) Plagiostoma giganteum (53356)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Spain Plagiostoma giganteum (212206 212208 212212)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Spain (Teruel) Plagiostoma giganteum (211171 211174 211175 211177 211178 211194 211195 211197 211198 211203 211204 211205 211206 211207 211208 211213 211215)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Spain Plagiostoma giganteum (25610 25614 26398)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Chile Plagiostoma giganteum (95543)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian184.2 - 180.4Spain Plagiostoma giganteum (51613)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Chile (Coquimbo) Plagiostoma giganteum (222004 222007)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Spain Plagiostoma giganteum (25880)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Chile Plagiostoma giganteum (58726 95429)
Middle Toarcian - Late/Upper Toarcian182.9 - 174.7Canada (British Columbia) Plagiostoma giganteum (53358)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Canada (British Columbia) Plagiostoma giganteum (53357)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Saudi Arabia Plagiostoma gigantea (45241 48105 48106)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia Plagiostoma gigantea (48142 48405 48447)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany Plagiostoma giganteum (34608)