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Plicatula flattersi

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae

Taxonomy

Plicatula flattersi was named by Coquand (1862). It is considered to be a form taxon.

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
1862	Plicatula flattersi Coquand
1955	Plicatula flattersi Reyment p. 134 figs. Pl 1, fig 9
1957	Plicatula flattersi Dartevelle and Freneix p. 83 figs. Pl 12, figs 6,7

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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	flattersi	Coquand 1862

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 flattersi Coquand 1862

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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 Coniacian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 89.80000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Cameroon	Plicatula flattersi (209684)
Coniacian	89.8 - 86.3	Peru	Plicatula flattersi (62017 62020)
Coniacian	89.8 - 86.3	Nigeria (Enugu)	Plicatula flattersi (90241)
Coniacian - Santonian	89.8 - 83.6	Egypt	Plicatula flattersi (184739)
Early/Lower Coniacian - Santonian	89.3 - 83.6	Egypt (Sinai)	Plicatula flattersi (47102)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Libya	Plicatula flattersi (1370)