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Plicatula lapidicina

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae

Taxonomy
Plicatula lapidicina was named by Squires and Saul (1998). Its type specimen is LACMIP 11278, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 26725, Quarry Canyon, which is in a Thanetian coastal siltstone in the Santa Susana Formation of California.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Plicatula lapidicina Squires and Saul p. 1026 figs. figs. 3.4-3.6
2020Plicatula lapidicina Hendy

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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
specieslapidicina

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 lapidicina Squires and Saul 1998
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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, Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: Thanetian or 59.24000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (California) Plicatula lapidicina (184013 type locality: 220309 220310)