Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Alternative spelling: Plicatula (Pseudoplacunopsis)
Full reference: A. Bittner. 1895. Revision der Lamellibranchiaten von St. Cassian. Abhandlungen der kaiserlich-koniglichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 18(1):1-236
Parent taxon: Plicatulidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Marquez-Aliaga et al. 2010, Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Sepkoski 2002 and Tamura et al. 1978
Sister taxa: Diploschiza, Harpax, Plicatula, Saintiopsis, Spiniplicatula
Subtaxa: Pseudoplacunopsis affixa Pseudoplacunopsis alpina Pseudoplacunopsis placentoides
Type: Pseudoplacunopsis affixa
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Italy (1 collection)
• Triassic of Austria (79), China (19), Hungary (2), Iran (10), Italy (3), New Caledonia (1), New Zealand (1), Spain (3), the United Kingdom (6), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 126 collections including 127 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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