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Plicatula filamentosa

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae

Taxonomy
Plicaea filamentosa was named by Conrad (1833) [m. kosnik taxon no: 6802]. It is not extant.

It was recombined as Plicatula filamentosa by Harris (1919), Squires and Demetrion (1992), Kosnik (2002).

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. 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
1919Plicatula filamentosa Harris p. 18
1992Plicatula filamentosa Squires and Demetrion p. 37
2002Plicatula filamentosa Kosnik

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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
speciesfilamentosa(Conrad 1833)

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 filamentosa Conrad 1833
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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Bartonian or 56.00000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (60 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Alabama) Plicatula filamentosa (80792 90609 97454 194354)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Louisiana) Plicatula filamentosa (1454)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Plicaea filamentosa (1440) Plicatula filamentosa (81224)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (South Carolina) Plicatula filamentosa (5342 5462 32901 52344 52348)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Plicatula filamentosa (205420)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Virginia) Plicatula filamentosa (60664)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Texas) Plicatula filamentosa (4899)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Plicatula filamentosa (2434 2444 90642 90707 90709 92171 98571 99671 99674 205508)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Plicatula filamentosa (91116 92346 98940 98953)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) Plicatula filamentosa (91798 205267 205271 205410 205430 205461 205477 205480 205484 205485)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (South Carolina) Plicatula filamentosa (5344 5345 5354)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (North Carolina) Plicatula filamentosa (5366 5367 5436 41984)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Plicatula filamentosa (2417 2440 5312 5318 5320 5321 5322 5330 81266 81278 90600 205438 205489)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Plicatula filamentosa (99762)