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Plagiostoma

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Taxonomy
Plagiostoma was named by Sowerby (1814). Its type is Lima gigantea.

It was reranked as Radula (Plagiostoma) by Stoliczka (1871); it was reranked as Lima (Plagiostoma) by Thomson (1913) and Maury (1936).

It was assigned to Radula by Stoliczka (1871); to Lima by Thomson (1913) and Maury (1936); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); to Plagiostominae by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Limidae by Marwick (1953), Ronchetti (1970), Vokes (1980), El Qot (2006), Scholz et al. (2008), Repin (2013) and Ros-Franch et al. (2014).

Species
Lima (Plagiostoma) anonii, Lima (Plagiostoma) astartina, Lima (Plagiostoma) bognyensis, Lima (Plagiostoma) bynei, Lima (Plagiostoma) derbyi, Lima (Plagiostoma) fazendaestivica, Lima (Plagiostoma) grenieri, Lima (Plagiostoma) hellica, Lima (Plagiostoma) hoperi, Lima (Plagiostoma) kanei, Lima (Plagiostoma) mysica, Lima (Plagiostoma) notata, Lima (Plagiostoma) oregonensis, Lima (Plagiostoma) paolii, Lima (Plagiostoma) perplana, Lima (Plagiostoma) pseudohoernesi, Lima (Plagiostoma) rigida, Lima (Plagiostoma) stabilei, Lima (Plagiostoma) subcardiiformis, Lima (Plagiostoma) ziona, P. aequilateralis, P. angulatum, P. aurita, P. bellula, P. delettrei, P. deltoideum, P. dianense, P. euximium, P. gejiuense, P. gigantea, P. giganteum, P. harronis (syn. Lima (Plagiostoma) bianchii), P. hermanni, P. hesione, P. hoperi, P. immensum, P. inversa, P. lenaensis, P. malinovskyi, P. marticensis, P. nudum, P. ootatoorensis, P. popovi, P. praecursor, P. pratzi, P. pseudohoernesi, P. punctata, P. punctatum, P. rigida, P. rodburgensis, P. semicircularis, P. striatum, P. sublaeviusculum, P. subpunctatoides, P. subsimplex, P. subvaloniense, P. tihensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
Lima occidentalis, Lima schimperi, Lima toarcensis, Lima yeovilensis, P. aciculatum, P. acutum, P. biiniensis, P. bilibini, P. blakei, P. complanata, P. costatum, P. exaltata, P. fischeri, P. gejiuensis, P. gigantea, P. highworthensis, P. incrassatum, P. jumaraensis, P. laeviosculum, P. laeviuscula, P. laeviusculum, P. modeli, P. muddoensis, P. mutabile, P. oepybolum, P. oepybolus, P. rahmuensis, P. regularis, P. rigidulum, P. rodburgense, P. rusticum, P. schardti, P. semiornata, P. subcardiiforme, P. tenuistriata, P. toarcensis, P. woodsi, P. zonata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Plagiostoma Sowerby p. 449
1871Radula (Plagiostoma) Stoliczka
1913Lima (Plagiostoma) Thomson p. 37
1936Lima (Plagiostoma) Maury p. 122
1953Plagiostoma Marwick p. 103
1970Plagiostoma Ronchetti p. 56
1980Plagiostoma Vokes p. 62
2002Plagiostoma Sepkoski
2006Plagiostoma El Qot p. 34
2008Plagiostoma Scholz et al.
2010Plagiostoma Bouchet et al.
2013Plagiostoma Repin p. 563
2014Plagiostoma Ros-Franch et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
—Limoidei(Moore 1952)
superfamilyLimoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyLimidaeRafinesque 1815
genusPlagiostomaSowerby 1814

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.

G. †Plagiostoma Sowerby 1814
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†Lima (Plagiostoma) anonii Greppin 1899
†Lima (Plagiostoma) bynei Cox and Arkell 1948
†Lima (Plagiostoma) hellica d'Orbigny 1850
†Lima (Plagiostoma) hoperi Mantell 1822
†Lima (Plagiostoma) mysica Bittner 1891
†Lima (Plagiostoma) notata de Loriol 1878
†Lima (Plagiostoma) paolii Stefanini 1939
†Lima (Plagiostoma) perplana von Koenen 1897
†Lima (Plagiostoma) rigida Sowerby 1815
†Plagiostoma angulatum Münster 1841
†Plagiostoma aurita Popov 1964
†Plagiostoma bellula Morris and Lycett 1853
†Plagiostoma delettrei Coquand 1852
†Plagiostoma deltoideum Girty 1908
†Plagiostoma euximium Bayle 1878
†Plagiostoma gigantea Boehm 1911
†Plagiostoma giganteum Sowerby 1814
†Plagiostoma harronis Dacque 1905
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Invalid names: Lima (Plagiostoma) bianchii Jaboli 1959 [synonym]
†Plagiostoma hermanni Voltz 1830
†Plagiostoma hesione D'Orbigny 1850
†Plagiostoma hoperi Mantell 1822
†Plagiostoma immensum Repin 2013
†Plagiostoma inversa Waagen 1881
†Plagiostoma lenaensis Kurushin 1998
†Plagiostoma malinovskyi Bychkov et al. 1976
†Plagiostoma marticensis Matheron 1843
†Plagiostoma nudum Parona 1889
†Plagiostoma ootatoorensis Stoliczka 1871
†Plagiostoma popovi Kurushin 1985
†Plagiostoma praecursor Quenstedt 1856
†Plagiostoma pratzi Boehm 1881
†Plagiostoma punctata Sowerby 1818
†Plagiostoma punctatum Sowerby 1818
†Plagiostoma rigida Sowerby 1815
†Plagiostoma rodburgensis Whidborne 1883
†Plagiostoma semicircularis Goldfuss 1835
†Plagiostoma striatum Schlotheim 1820
†Plagiostoma sublaeviusculum Krumbeck 1905
†Plagiostoma subpunctatoides Krumbeck 1924
†Plagiostoma subsimplex Thomas and Peron 1891
†Plagiostoma subvaloniense Krumbeck 1923
†Plagiostoma tihensis Abbass 1962
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height133.0----
shell height244.242.146.544.33.11
valve height2019.15.00125.015.835.5

Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-11-26 09:06:10
Modified: 2009-10-10 17:36:45
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Danian or 293.52000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections (1145 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) P. sp. nov. (84484 84583 84591 85843 85847 85982)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) P. deltoideum (108803)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) P. deltoideum (108812)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (116168)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17New Zealand (Southland) P. inversa (41765)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Pakistan Pseudomonotis inversa (81504)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation P. aurita (99916 107109 135836)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Pakistan P. sp. (133711)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation P. malinovskyi (135850)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation P. sp. (107040)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Australia (Western Australia) P. sp. (1377)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Netherlands P. marrotiana, P. hoperi (1326)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) P. erecta (1313)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Spain P. cretacea (1317)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Greenland P. sp. (1340)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) P. woodsi (4248 4249 4259)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) P. woodsi (4169 4172)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Poland P. cretacea, P. hoperi (27818 27819 27822) P. hoperi (28078 28080 28081 28082 28083)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) P. woodsi (4173 4195)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Poland Lima hoperi (27625)