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Plicatula (Plicatula) ferryi

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae

Taxonomy

Plicatula ferryi was named by Coquand (1862). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was recombined as Plicatula (Plicatula) ferryi by Mendir et al. (2021).

Subspecies

Plicatula ferryi desjardinsi

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 batnensis was named by Coquand (1880).

It was synonymized subjectively with Plicatula (Plicatula) ferryi by Mendir et al. (2021).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1862	Plicatula ferryi Coquand
1880	Plicatula batnensis Coquand
1930	Plicatula ferryi Lombard p. 306
1957	Plicatula ferryi Dartevelle and Freneix p. 84 figs. Pl 10, figs 3-11, 13, 19
1958	Plicatula ferryi Barber p. 19 figs. Pl 7, fig 5
2017	Plicatula ferryi Musavu Moussavou et al. p. 286 fig. 4K
2021	Plicatula (Plicatula) ferryi Mendir et al. p. 14 fig. 6H

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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
subgenus	Plicatula	Lamarck 1801
species	ferryi	(Coquand 1862)

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 (Plicatula) ferryi Coquand 1862

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Invalid names: Plicatula batnensis Coquand 1880 [synonym]

†Plicatula ferryi desjardinsi Coquand 1872

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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 Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 113.00000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (61 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Albian	113.0 - 100.5	Madagascar	Plicatula batnensis (98244)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Algeria	Plicatula ferryi (220822)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Egypt	Plicatula ferryi (150614 150675)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Jordan	Plicatula ferryi (66789)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	USA (Arizona)	Plicatula ferryi (54154 54155 56075)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Egypt	Plicatula ferryi (114793 114794 114795 114813)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	USA (New Mexico)	Plicatula ferryi (44245 44282 44284)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	USA (Utah)	Plicatula ferryi (44164)
Middle Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Algeria	Plicatula ferryi (220824)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Jordan	Plicatula ferryi (66800)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian	99.6 - 89.3	Nigeria	Plicatula ferryi (83019)
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Congo-Kinshasa	Plicatula ferryi (3821)
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Nigeria	Plicatula ferryi (3812)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Nigeria	Plicatula ferryi (83021 83025)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Peru	Plicatula ferryi (61997)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Jordan	Plicatula ferryi (66799)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Egypt	Plicatula ferryi (114815 114816 140243 140245 140588)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	USA (New Mexico)	Plicatula ferryi (87805 87809)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	USSR	Plicatula batnensis (3797 3799)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Gabon	Plicatula ferryi (209539)
Late/Upper Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Peru	Plicatula ferryi (61998 62001 62002 62003 62004 62007)
Late/Upper Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Egypt	Plicatula ferryi (114802 114822)
Late/Upper Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Tunisia	Plicatula ferryi (88862)
Late/Upper Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Brazil (Sergipe)	Plicatula ferryi (143738 143742)
Middle Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	USSR	Plicatula batnensis (3805 3807 3808)
Coniacian	89.8 - 86.3	Congo-Brazzaville	Plicatula ferryi (1368)
Coniacian - Santonian	89.8 - 83.6	Egypt	Plicatula ferryi (114826 114827 114908)
Coniacian - Santonian	89.8 - 83.6	Congo-Brazzaville	Plicatula ferryi (209624)
Early/Lower Coniacian - Santonian	89.3 - 83.6	Egypt (Sinai)	Plicatula ferryi (47102 47103)
Santonian	86.3 - 83.6	Ecuador	Plicatula ferryi (61914)
Early/Lower Santonian - Late/Upper Santonian	85.8 - 83.5	Egypt	Plicatula ferryi (114806)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Egypt	Plicatula ferryi (114807)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Jordan	Plicatula ferryi (1358)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Mexico (Guerrero)	Plicatula batnensis (7461)