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Platystrophia colbiensis
Taxonomy
Platystrophia colbiensis was named by Foerste (1910).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1910 | Platystrophia colbiensis Foerste p. 55 figs. pl. 4, figs. 2A, B |
| 1979 | Platystrophia colbiensis Alberstadt pp. B9-B10 figs. Plate 5, figures 1-36; plate 7, figures 36-38, 40, 41 |
| 1996 | Platystrophia colbiensis Jin and Norford pp. 28 - 29 figs. Plate 3, figures 1-6; Plate 13, figures 18-22 |
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†Platystrophia colbiensis Foerste 1910
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| L. P. Alberstadt 1979 | Species small to medium size for genus (table 1); subrectangular in outline with right angle cardinal extremities in most, in some rounded; hinge line straight and slightly less than maximum width (which occurs at middle lateral position), anterolateral margins evenly curved, anterior margin slightly curved or straight. Lateral profile equi-biconvex with even curvature from posterior to anterior; pedicle valve slightly flatter in some. Typical specimen has four plications on fold and three in sulcus (table 1); six to nine plications on flanks. Plications well defined, V-shaped profile with straight steep sides, rounded tops. Growth lines absent in most specimens.
Brachial valve interarea orthocline, curved; beak slightly incurved to erect. No:tothyrium triangular, open. Floor of cavity curved and sloping st1e·eply toward anterior; part of floor formed by the curved lateral margins of the brachiophore bases (pl. 5, figs. 34-36). Brachiophores thin, well defined, diverging, distinct upward curvature. Sockets deep, triangular slits (pl. 5,.fig. 34) in som,e, pit-like in most. Cardinal process a thin lo·w ridge. Posterior adductor scars well to moderately impressed ( pL 5, figs. 26- 30), some absent (pl. 5, figs. 34, 35), elongate ellips ·oidal in outline with straight to moderately curved sides and distinctly pointed anterior ends (pl. 5, figs. 26-30). Anterior scars absent or very poorly defined in all specimens. Interior of valve crenulated throughout; crenulations are reflections of external plications (pl. 5, figs. 26-30, 34, 35). Pedicle valve interarea apsacline, slightly curved; beak erect. Teeth triangular; dental plates thin, descending straight to floor of valve and joining margins of ellipsoidal to oval-shaped muscle field (pl. 5, figs. 32, 33). Field extends approximately onethird t.o one-half length of valve. Field elevated slightly above floor and defined by thin rims; some specimens with faint reflections of external plications. Interior of valve crenulated throughout. |