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Plicatoria wilmingtonensis

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae

Taxonomy
Terebratula wilmingtonensis was named by Lyell and Sowerby (1845). It is the type species of Plicatoria.

It was recombined as Plicatoria wilmingtonensis by Cooper (1983), Cooper (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Terebratula wilmingtonensis Lyell and Sowerby p. 431 fig. b
1983Plicatoria wilmingtonensis Cooper p. 236 figs. Pl 7, figs 6-16
1988Plicatoria wilmingtonensis Cooper p. 12 figs. 5-11; Pl. 2, Fig. 18-29; Pl. 7-8; Pl. 9, Fig. 1-40

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyTerebratuloidea(Gray 1840)
familyTerebratulidaeGray 1840
subfamilyPlicatoriinae
genusPlicatoria
specieswilmingtonensis(Lyell and Sowerby 1845)

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.

†Plicatoria wilmingtonensis Lyell and Sowerby 1845
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:44:14
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:44:14
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 47.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (North Carolina) Plicatoria wilmingtonensis (141636 141637)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (North Carolina) Terebratula wilmingtonensis (41819 41823)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) Plicatoria wilmingtonensis (5375 5378 5384 5386 153349) Terebratula wilmingtonensis (5366 5436) Terebratula wilmingtonensis, Plicatoria wilmingtonensis (5437 60452)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) Terebratula wilmingtonensis (5354)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Plicatoria wilmingtonensis (77585)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antarctica Plicatoria wilmingtonensis (153347)