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Placunopsis striatula

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae

Taxonomy
Anomia striatula was named by Oppel (1856) [TYPE LOCALITY: Waikato South Head, Port Waikato (Ohauan: Tithonian). TYPE REPOSITORY: Natural History Museum, Vienna]. Its type specimen is shell and is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Placunopsis striatula by Gahr (2002), Damborenea (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. favrii, P. gingensis, P. linensis, P. mortilleti, P. parallela, P. pichi, P. tatrica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Anomia striatula Oppel
1876Anomia striatula Henry p. 422
2002Placunopsis striatula Damborenea p. 95 figs. Pl 11, figs 9-12; text-fig 46
2002Placunopsis striatula Gahr

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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
—AnomioiteiGray 1854
superfamilyAnomioideaRafinesque 1815
familyAnomiidaeRafinesque 1815
genusPlacunopsisMorris and Lycett 1853
speciesstriatula(Oppel 1856)

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.

†Placunopsis striatula Oppel 1856
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Composition 2: low Mg calciteg
Grouping: gregariousg
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Epibiont: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-19 02:14:00
Modified: 2007-09-19 04:14:00
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Early/Lower Toarcian or 201.40000 to 182.90000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Italy Anomia striatula (38170)
Late/Upper Hettangian201.4 - 199.5United Kingdom (England) Placunopsis striatula (29233)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) Placunopsis striatula (29235 29237 29239)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian - Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Argentina (Neuquen) Placunopsis striatula (10701)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Argentina (Mendoza) Placunopsis striatula (33732 33750)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Argentina (Neuquen) Placunopsis striatula (33906 36915)
Pliensbachian - Toarcian192.9 - 174.7Argentina (Neuquen) Placunopsis striatula (33853 36908)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Spain Placunopsis striatula (25215 25613 25621 26156 26328)