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Plicatula spondylopsis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae

Taxonomy

Plicatula spondylopsis was named by Rochebrune (1895) [TYPE LOCALITY: Golfo de California, Mexico; Recent.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Plicatula (Plicatula) spondylopsis by Moore (1987).

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

Synonyms

Plicatula inezana was named by Durham (1950). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Plicatula spondylopsis by Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1895	Plicatula spondylopsis Rochebrune p. 242
1934	Plicatula spondylopsis Hertlein p. 62
1950	Plicatula inezana Durham p. 69
1950	Plicatula spondylopsis Durham p. 69
1961	Plicatula spondylopsis Olsson p. 155
1971	Plicatula spondylopsis Keen pp. 94, 96
1987	Plicatula (Plicatula) spondylopsis Moore
2012	Plicatula spondylopsis Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 315

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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	spondylopsis	Rochebrune 1895

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 spondylopsis Rochebrune 1895

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Invalid names: Plicatula inezana Durham 1950 [synonym]

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: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)	0.129 - 0.0117	Mexico (Baja California Sur)	Plicatula inezana (88605)