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Plicatula variata

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae

Taxonomy

Plicatula variata was named by Gabb (1864).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. auricola, P. clarki, P. costata, P. eroessa, P. follis, P. freneixae, P. gurgitis, P. himalayensis, P. hydrotheca, P. incongrua, P. kobyi, P. laevigata, P. lepidota, P. oceani, P. oepybolis, P. periobricata, P. pustula, P. radiola, P. renniei, P. reynesi, P. sinaiensis, P. sinnbishris, P. somarisensis, P. sudrensis, P. weymouthiana, P. lexoviensis

Synonyms

Plicatula onoensis was named by Anderson (1938). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS Loc. 113, Mitchell Creek, which is in a Hauterivian marine siliciclastic in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.

It was synonymized subjectively with Plicatula variata by Squires and Saul (1997).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1864	Plicatula variata Gabb pp. PI. 2G, Fig. 190 fig. 203
1930	Plicatula variata Stewart pp. 114 - 115 figs. Plate 6, figs. 3. 4, 5
1938	Plicatula variata Anderson pp. 110 - 111
1938	Plicatula onoensis Anderson p. 111 figs. Plate 4, figures 1, 2, 3

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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
—	Dimyoitei	Ridewood 1903
superfamily	Plicatuloidea	Gray 1857
family	Plicatulidae	Watson 1930
genus	Plicatula	Lamarck 1801
species	variata

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 variata Gabb 1864

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Invalid names: Plicatula onoensis Anderson 1938 [synonym]

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, Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Hauterivian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 132.90000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Hauterivian	132.9 - 129.4	USA (California)	Plicatula onoensis, Plicatula variata (83591) Plicatula variata (62354 194151 194152 194154 194156 194157 194158 194159)
Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian	132.9 - 125.45	USA (California)	Plicatula variata (216290 216291 216297)
Late/Upper Aptian	122.46 - 113.0	USA (California)	Plicatula variata (216310)