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Plicatula polymorpha ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4952358https://www.gbif.org/species/4952358
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)66227https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=66227
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Plicatulidae : Plicatula : Plicatula polymorpha
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Plicatulidae : Plicatula : Plicatula polymorpha
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
-EubivalviaCarter 2011
subclassAutobranchia
infraclassPteriomorphia
-OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
-OstreioniFerussac 1822
-OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
-AnomioideiGray 1854
-DimyoiteiRidewood 1903
superfamilyPlicatuloideaGray 1857
familyPlicatulidaeWatson 1930
genusPlicatulaLamarck 1801
speciesPlicatula polymorphaBellardi 1854
Generic NamePlicatula
Scientific NamePlicatula polymorpha Bellardi, 1854
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Plicatula polymorphaspeciesbelongs to Plicatulastated without evidenceBellardi, 1854
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance56.0 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance41.3 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Environmentmarine (based on Pectinida)
Motilitystationary, attached, epibiont (based on Plicatula)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Plicatula)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite, aragonite (based on Pectinida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. B. Newton. 1922. Eocene Mollusca from Nigeria. Geological Survey of Nigeria Bulletin 3

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1854Plicatula polymorpha Bellardi pp. 197-198 figs. 3: 8-10

References

Newton R. B. (1922) Eocene Mollusca from Nigeria, Geological Survey of Nigeria Bulletin 3
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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