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Plicatostylidae

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Plicatostylidae

Taxonomy

Subtaxa
Sister taxa
Lithiotidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Lithiotidae Reis
1930Plicatostylidae Lupher and Packard p. 204
1977Cochlearitidae Benini and Loriga
1980Lithiotidae Vokes p. 69
2010Plicatostylidae Bouchet et al.
2011Plicatostylidae Carter et al. p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(FĂ«russac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPterioideaGray 1847
familyPlicatostylidae
familyPlicatostylidae

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.

Fm. †Plicatostylidae Lupher and Packard 1930
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G. †Plicatostylus Lupher and Packard 1930
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Plicatostylus gregarius Lupher and Packard 1930
Invalid names: Cochlearitidae Benini and Loriga 1977 [synonym], Lithiotidae Reis 1903 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationarysuperf
Attached: yessuperf
Epibiont: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:52:56
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:53:09
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliensbachian to the top of the Bajocian or 189.60000 to 168.30000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Slovenia Cochlearites loppianus (201856) Cochlearites sp. (201857) Cochlearites sp., Cochlearites loppianus (34668 68358)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Algeria Cochlearites sp. (98474)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Slovenia Cochlearites loppianus (146867)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian189.6 - 182.0Morocco Cochlearites loppianus (21261)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Chile (Atacama) Plicatostylus sp. (221838)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Morocco Lithiotidae indet. (68165)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1Morocco Lithiotidae sp. (204643)