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Siliquimya plicata

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae

Taxonomy

Sanguinolaria plicata was named by Portlock (1843). It is the type species of Siliquimya.

It was recombined as Sanguinolites plicatus by Hind (1900); it was recombined as Siliquimya plicata by Morris et al. (1991).

Synonyms

Sanguinolaria transversa was named by Portlock (1843).

It was synonymized subjectively with Siliquimya plicata by Morris et al. (1991).
Sanguinolites iridinoides was named by M'Coy and Griffith (1844).

It was recombined as Pholadomya iridinoides by d'Orbigny (1849); it was synonymized subjectively with Siliquimya plicata by Morris et al. (1991).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1843	Sanguinolaria transversa Portlock figs. pl. 34, fig. 21
1843	Sanguinolaria plicata Portlock p. 433 figs. pl. 34, fig. 18
1844	Sanguinolites iridinoides M'Coy and Griffith p. 49 figs. pl. 12, fig. 1
1849	Pholadomya iridinoides d'Orbigny p. 128
1900	Sanguinolites plicatus Hind pp. 387 - 388 figs. pl. 44, figs 9, 11-15; pi. 45, figs 1-4
1991	Siliquimya plicata Morris et al. pp. 91 - 92 figs. 45a-c

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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	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
superfamily	Kalenteroidea	Marwick 1953
family	Kalenteridae
subfamily	Permophorinae	van de Poel 1959
genus	Siliquimya
species	plicata	()

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.

†Siliquimya plicata Portlock 1843

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Invalid names: Sanguinolaria transversa Portlock 1843 [synonym], Sanguinolites iridinoides M'Coy and Griffith 1844 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
valve height	2	30.1	25.3	35.8	30.5	7.42

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

facultatively mobilec

Life habit:

infaunalc

Diet:

suspension feederc

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2004-02-28 11:33:36

Modified:

2010-02-12 03:59:35

Source: c = class

Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Asbian to the top of the Wordian or 339.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Visean	346.7 - 330.3	United Kingdom	Siliquimya plicata (132783)
Asbian	339.9 - 335.9	United Kingdom (England)	Siliquimya plicata (154809)
Arnsbergian	326.9 - 323.6	United Kingdom (Scotland)	Siliquimya plicata (93311)
Roadian - Wordian	274.4 - 264.28	Russian Federation	Sanguinolites plicatus (110295)