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 (Eoplicatula), Plicatula (Harpax), Plicatula (Plicatula), Plicatula cedroensis, Plicatula cochlear, Plicatula cossmanni, Plicatula densata, Plicatula filamentosa, Plicatula flabellifera, Plicatula gibbosa, Plicatula hunterae, Plicatula intuscrenata, Plicatula menkeana, Plicatula parahybensis, Plicatula phymatophora, Plicatula polymorpha, Plicatula quayensis, Plicatula quinqueplicata, Plicatula rostrata, Plicatula solea, Plicatula tetrica, Plicatula variplicata, Plicatula youngi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sundkrogen 1a-b, Selandian, Denmark, which is in a Selandian marginal marine sandstone in the Lellinge Greensand Formation of Denmark

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder