Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae

Full reference: G. D. Shaak and D. Nicol. 1974. A new plicatulid bivalve from the late Cenozoic of southern Florida. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 11(1-2):105-108

Belongs to Plicatula according to G. D. Shaak and D. Nicol 1974

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

Type specimen: FSM 3655, a shell

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 59.7 x 52.0