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Elaeocyma plicata

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotoma plicata was named by Lamarck (1804) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grignon (Defrance collection), which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal sandstone/sandstone in France.

It was recombined as Raphitoma plicata by Cossmann and Pissarro (1900); it was recombined as Elaeocyma plicata by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. braunsi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Pleurotoma plicata Lamarck p. 169 figs. Pl 44, fig 1
1900Raphitoma plicata Cossmann and Pissarro p. 70
1995Elaeocyma plicata Pacaud and Le Renard

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyDrilliidae(Olsson 1964)
genusElaeocymaDall 1918
speciesplicata()

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.

†Elaeocyma plicata Lamarck 1804
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Diagnosis
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