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Pleuronectites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Pterioida
Suborder:
Pteriina
Superfamily:
Pectinacea (scallops and relatives)
Family:
Aviculopectinidae
Subfamily:
Streblochondriinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Pleuronectites von SCHLOTHEIM, 1820, p. 217
Type Species:
P. laevigatus, SD FISCHER, 1886, p. 945
Images
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Fig. C63,4. *P. laevigatus, M.Trias. (Muschelkalk), Ger., 4 a, b, LV ext., RV ext., both X0.7 (732).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Ger.-France-S.Alps)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Trias.
Beginning International Stage:
Anisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
246.7
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Trias.
Ending International Stage:
Rhaetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
201.36
Description
Large, suborbicular, opisthocline, LV moderately convex, with more or less protruding umbo, RV feebly convex, umbo level with hinge margin and pointing anteriorly, wings of LV obtuse, not clearly delimited from body of shell, right posterior wing obtuse, narrow, well delimited, right anterior auricle narrow, only slightly shorter than posterior wing, subauricular sinus moderately deep, narrowly rounded, ctenolium present, surface unornamented
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Pterioida
Suborder:
Pteriina
Superfamily:
Pectinacea (scallops and relatives)
Family:
Aviculopectinidae
Subfamily:
Streblochondriinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Pleuronectites von SCHLOTHEIM, 1820, p. 217
Type Species:
P. laevigatus, SD FISCHER, 1886, p. 945
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. C63,4. *P. laevigatus, M.Trias. (Muschelkalk), Ger., 4 a, b, LV ext., RV ext., both X0.7 (732).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Ger.-France-S.Alps)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Trias.
Beginning International Stage:
Anisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
246.7
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Trias.
Ending International Stage:
Rhaetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
201.36
Description
Large, suborbicular, opisthocline, LV moderately convex, with more or less protruding umbo, RV feebly convex, umbo level with hinge margin and pointing anteriorly, wings of LV obtuse, not clearly delimited from body of shell, right posterior wing obtuse, narrow, well delimited, right anterior auricle narrow, only slightly shorter than posterior wing, subauricular sinus moderately deep, narrowly rounded, ctenolium present, surface unornamented