Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Alternative combination: Plicatula ferryi
Synonym: Plicatula batnensis Coquand 1880
Belongs to Plicatula (Plicatula) according to S. Mendir et al. 2021
See also Barber 1958, Dartevelle and Freneix 1957, Lombard 1930 and Musavu Moussavou et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis, Plicatula (Plicatula) fourneli, Plicatula (Plicatula) penicillata
Subtaxa: Plicatula ferryi desjardinsi
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (2 collections), Brazil (2), the Congo-Brazzaville (2), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Ecuador (1), Egypt (20), Gabon (1), Jordan (4), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1), Nigeria (4), Peru (7), Tunisia (1), USSR (5), United States (9: Arizona, New Mexico, Utah)
Total: 61 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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