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Plicatula (Plicatula) fourneli

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae

Taxonomy

Plicatula fourneli was named by Coquand (1862).

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

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

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1862	Plicatula fourneli Coquand
1935	Plicatula fourneli Furon p. 48
1958	Plicatula fourneli Barber p. 20 figs. Pl 7, fig 3
2017	Plicatula fourneli Musavu Moussavou et al. p. 286 fig. 4L
2021	Plicatula (Plicatula) fourneli Mendir et al. p. 14 fig. 6I,J

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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	fourneli	(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) fourneli Coquand 1862

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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: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (10 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	USSR	Plicatula fourneli (3796)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Nigeria	Plicatula fourneli (28151 28152)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Egypt	Plicatula fourneli (114794 114795)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Algeria	Plicatula fourneli (220825)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian	99.6 - 89.3	Nigeria	Plicatula fourneli (83019)
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Nigeria	Plicatula fourneli (3812)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Gabon	Plicatula fourneli (209539)
Middle Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	USSR	Plicatula fourneli (3805)