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Taxonomy
Plagiostoma gigantea was named by Sowerby (1814).
It was corrected as Plagiostoma giganteum by Aberhan (1998) and Yin and McRoberts (2006).
It was corrected as Plagiostoma giganteum by Aberhan (1998) and Yin and McRoberts (2006).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Lima occidentalis, Lima schimperi, Lima toarcensis, Lima yeovilensis, P. aciculatum, P. acutum, P. biiniensis, P. bilibini, P. blakei, P. complanata, P. costatum, P. exaltata, P. fischeri, P. gejiuensis, P. gigantea, P. highworthensis, P. incrassatum, P. jumaraensis, P. laeviosculum, P. laeviuscula, P. laeviusculum, P. modeli, P. muddoensis, P. mutabile, P. oepybolum, P. oepybolus, P. rahmuensis, P. regularis, P. rigidulum, P. rodburgense, P. rusticum, P. schardti, P. semiornata, P. subcardiiforme, P. tenuistriata, P. toarcensis, P. woodsi, P. zonata
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1814 | Plagiostoma gigantea Sowerby p. 176 figs. Pl 77 |
1998 | Plagiostoma giganteum Aberhan p. 86 figs. Pl 7, figs 14-15; pl 8, fig 5 |
2006 | Plagiostoma giganteum Yin and McRoberts p. 117 figs. 5.6-5.13 |
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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.
†Plagiostoma giganteum Sowerby 1814
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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valve height | 4 | 48.8 | 44.2 | 53.9 | 48.9 | 3.97 |
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References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 |
Age range: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 208.50000 to 145.00000 Ma
Collections (93 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Rhaetian | United Kingdom | Plagiostoma giganteum (78464 78477) | |
Hettangian | Italy | Plagiostoma giganteum (38170) | |
Hettangian | United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) | Lima gigantea (204159) | |
Hettangian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Plagiostoma gigantea (38735 38736) | |
Early/Lower Hettangian | United Kingdom (England) | Lima giganteum (29227 29228 29230) | |
Late/Upper Hettangian | United Kingdom (Wales) | Lima gigantea (29234) | |
Late/Upper Hettangian | United Kingdom (England) | Lima giganteum (29233) | |
Liasicus | Belgium (Luxembourg) | Plagiostoma gigantea (40087) | |
Liasicus | United Kingdom (England) | Plagiostoma giganteum (78503 78504) | |
Middle Hettangian | United Kingdom (England) | Lima giganteum (29231 29232) | |
Planorbis | China (Tibet) | Plagiostoma giganteum (73904) | |
Planorbis | United Kingdom (England) | Plagiostoma giganteum (78497 78498) | |
Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian | United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) | Lima gigantea (204157) | |
Early/Lower Hettangian - Middle Jurassic | United Kingdom (England) | Lima giganteum (29229) | |
Sinemurian | Italy | Lima gigantea (173592) | |
Sinemurian | Germany | Plagiostoma gigantea (28936) | |
Sinemurian | United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) | Lima gigantea (204146 204147 204149 204150 204151 204152) | |
Sinemurian | United Kingdom (England) | Plagiostoma giganteum (96467) | |
Early/Lower Sinemurian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Plagiostoma gigantea (38728 38729 38733) | |
Early/Lower Sinemurian | United Kingdom (Wales) | Lima giganteum (29236 29238) | |
Early/Lower Sinemurian | United Kingdom (England) | Lima giganteum (29235 29237 29239 29241) | |
Early/Lower Sinemurian | United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) | Lima gigantea (204153 204154 204155) | |
Early/Lower Sinemurian | Luxembourg | Plagiostoma giganteum (95991) | |
Early/Lower Sinemurian | Germany | Plagiostoma gigantea (28885 28895 28896) | |
Late/Upper Sinemurian | United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) | Lima gigantea (204130 204133) | |
Pliensbachian | Spain | Plagiostoma giganteum (212206 212208 212212) | |
Early/Lower Pliensbachian | Germany (Niedersachsen) | Plagiostoma gigantea (126923) | |
Jamesoni | United Kingdom (Dorset) | Plagiostoma gigantea (159797) Plagiostoma giganteum (159808) | |
Late/Upper Pliensbachian | Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) | Plagiostoma giganteum (225394 225396) | |
Late/Upper Pliensbachian | Canada (British Columbia) | Plagiostoma giganteum (53356) | |
Early/Lower Toarcian | Chile | Plagiostoma giganteum (95543) | |
Early/Lower Toarcian | Spain (Teruel) | Plagiostoma giganteum (211171 211174 211175 211177 211178 211194 211195 211197 211198 211203 211204 211205 211206 211207 211208 211213 211215) | |
Early/Lower Toarcian | Spain | Plagiostoma giganteum (25610 25614 26398) | |
Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian | Spain | Plagiostoma giganteum (51613) | |
Toarcian | Chile (Coquimbo) | Plagiostoma giganteum (222004 222007) | |
Middle Toarcian | Spain | Plagiostoma giganteum (25880) | |
Middle Toarcian | Chile | Plagiostoma giganteum (58726 95429) | |
Middle Toarcian - Late/Upper Toarcian | Canada (British Columbia) | Plagiostoma giganteum (53358) | |
Late/Upper Toarcian | Canada (British Columbia) | Plagiostoma giganteum (53357) | |
Bajocian | Saudi Arabia | Plagiostoma gigantea (45241 48105 48106) | |
Bathonian | Saudi Arabia | Plagiostoma gigantea (48142 48405 48447) | |
Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany | Plagiostoma giganteum (34608) |