Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Full reference: K. I. Schnetler. 2001. The Selandian (Paleocene) mollusc fauna from Copenhagen, Denmark: the Poul Harder 1920 collection. Geology of Denmark Survey Bulletin 37:1-85
Belongs to Plicatula according to K. I. Schnetler 2001
Sister taxa: Plicatula (Darteplicatula), Plicatula (Eoplicatula), Plicatula (Harpax), Plicatula (Plicatula), Plicatula allisoni, Plicatula archiaci, Plicatula azulensis, Plicatula barnensis, Plicatula carinata, Plicatula cedroensis, Plicatula cochlear, Plicatula cossmanni, Plicatula costaeirregularis, Plicatula cristata, Plicatula cyclostroides, Plicatula decipiens, Plicatula densata, Plicatula dubia, Plicatula filamentosa, Plicatula filifera, Plicatula flabellifera, Plicatula flattersi, Plicatula georgiana, Plicatula gibbosa, Plicatula hekiensis, Plicatula hettangiensis, Plicatula hirsuta, Plicatula hunterae, Plicatula ibo, Plicatula instabilis, Plicatula intuscrenata, Plicatula juncalensis, Plicatula lapidicina, Plicatula leucensis, Plicatula locardi, Plicatula menkeana, Plicatula modjeskaensis, Plicatula multicostata, Plicatula ogilviae, Plicatula ostreiformis, Plicatula papiracea, Plicatula parahybensis, Plicatula perimbricata, Plicatula phymatophora, Plicatula placunea, Plicatula plexicosta, Plicatula plicata, Plicatula polymorpha, Plicatula pulchra, Plicatula quayensis, Plicatula quinqueplicata, Plicatula rapa, Plicatula rostrata, Plicatula septemcostata, Plicatula simiensis, Plicatula solea, Plicatula spinosa, Plicatula spondylopsis, Plicatula surensis, Plicatula tetrica, Plicatula torreonensis, Plicatula trailerensis, Plicatula umbonata, Plicatula variata, Plicatula variplicata, Plicatula ventilabrum, Plicatula youngi, Plicatula yueliangpingensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sundkrogen 1a-b, which is in a Selandian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the Lellinge Greensand Formation of Denmark
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Sundkrogen 1a-b
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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