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Plicatula filamentosa

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae

Taxonomy

Plicaea filamentosa was named by Conrad (1833) [m. kosnik taxon no: 6802]. It is not extant.

It was recombined as Plicatula filamentosa by Harris (1919), Squires and Demetrion (1992) and Kosnik (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. auricola, P. clarki, P. costata, P. eroessa, P. follis, P. freneixae, P. gurgitis, P. himalayensis, P. hydrotheca, P. incongrua, P. kobyi, P. laevigata, P. lepidota, P. oceani, P. oepybolis, P. periobricata, P. pustula, P. radiola, P. renniei, P. reynesi, P. sinaiensis, P. sinnbishris, P. somarisensis, P. sudrensis, P. weymouthiana, P. lexoviensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1919	Plicatula filamentosa Harris p. 18
1992	Plicatula filamentosa Squires and Demetrion p. 37
2002	Plicatula filamentosa Kosnik

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Pectinida	(Gray 1854)
suborder	Anomiidina	Gray 1854
—	Anomioidei	Gray 1854
—	Dimyoitei	Ridewood 1903
superfamily	Plicatuloidea	Gray 1857
family	Plicatulidae	Watson 1930
genus	Plicatula	Lamarck 1801
species	filamentosa	(Conrad 1833)

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.

†Plicatula filamentosa Conrad 1833

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calciteo

Composition 2:

aragoniteo

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationaryg

Attached:

yesg

Epibiont:

yesg

Life habit:

epifaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-09-09 08:34:10

Modified:

2009-09-09 10:34:10

Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Bartonian or 56.00000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (61 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	USA (Alabama)	Plicatula filamentosa (80792 90609 97454 194354)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	USA (Alabama)	Plicaea filamentosa (1440) Plicatula filamentosa (81224)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	USA (Louisiana)	Plicatula filamentosa (1454)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	USA (South Carolina)	Plicatula filamentosa (5342 5462 32901 52344 52348)
Lutetian - Bartonian	47.8 - 38.0	USA (Alabama)	Plicatula filamentosa (205420)
Middle Eocene	47.8 - 37.71	USA (Texas)	Plicatula filamentosa (4899)
Middle Eocene	47.8 - 37.71	USA (Virginia)	Plicatula filamentosa (60664)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	USA (Alabama)	Plicatula filamentosa (2417 2440 5312 5318 5320 5321 5322 5330 81266 81278 90600 205438 205489)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	USA (Texas)	Plicatula filamentosa (91798 205267 205271 205410 205430 205461 205477 205480 205484 205485)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	USA (Mississippi)	Plicatula filamentosa (2434 2444 90642 90707 90709 92171 98571 99671 99674 100142 205508)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	USA (North Carolina)	Plicatula filamentosa (5366 5367 5436 41984)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	USA (Louisiana)	Plicatula filamentosa (91116 92346 98940 98953)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	USA (South Carolina)	Plicatula filamentosa (5344 5345 5354)
Bartonian - Priabonian	41.3 - 33.9	USA (Louisiana)	Plicatula filamentosa (99762)