Marine Species Traits - Plagioptychus Matheron, 1842 †

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Plagioptychus Matheron, 1842 †

AphiaID

883428 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:883428)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Plagioptychus paradoxus Matheron, 1842 † (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Plagioptychidae Douvillé, 1888 †

Original name

Plagioptychus Matheron, 1842 †

Direct children (16)

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Species Plagioptychus aguilloni (A. d'Orbigny, 1840) †
Species Plagioptychus antillarum (Douvillé, 1927) †
Species Plagioptychus arnaudi Douvillé, 1888 †
Species Plagioptychus fragilis Chubb, 1967 †
Species Plagioptychus haueri (Teller, 1877) †
Species Plagioptychus muellerriedi Alencáster, 1971 †
Species Plagioptychus paradoxus Matheron, 1842 †
Species Plagioptychus toucasianus Matheron, 1842 †
Species Plagioptychus uchauxensis Mennessier, 1957 †
Species Plagioptychus zansi Chubb, 1956 †
Species Plagioptychus bellunensis Mennessier, 1957 † accepted as Plagioptychus uchauxensis Mennessier, 1957 †
Species Plagioptychus trechmanni Chubb, 1967 † accepted as Mitrocaprina tschoppi (R. H. Palmer, 1933) †
Species Plagioptychus tschoppi R. H. Palmer, 1933 † accepted as Mitrocaprina tschoppi (R. H. Palmer, 1933) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Plagioptychus agariciformis Alencáster, 1971 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Plagioptychus ersi Astre & Baudelot, 1960 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Plagioptychus praetibeticus Bobkova, 1974 † (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Matheron, P. (1842-1843). Catalogue méthodique et descriptif des corps organisés fossiles du départment des Bouches-du-Rhône et lieux circonvoisins; précédé D'un Mémoire sur les terrains supérieurs au Grès Bigarré du S. E. de la France. Carnaud Fils, Marseille, 269 pp. + 41 pls.
page(s): pls 5, 6; note: Matheron obviously misspelt the name as "Plagiotychus" in the head of the description and as "Plagiopthychus" in the figure captions. From the Greek etymology provided in the footnot...

Matheron obviously misspelt the name as "Plagiotychus" in the head of the description and as "Plagiopthychus" in the figure captions. From the Greek etymology provided in the footnote on p. 114 (1843), the spelling has to be Plagioptychus.

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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Plagioptychus Matheron, 1842 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=883428 on 2024-08-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2016-08-21 19:17:10Z

created

Schneider, Simon

2022-12-12 09:11:31Z

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Neubauer, Thomas A.

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original description Matheron, P. (1842-1843). Catalogue méthodique et descriptif des corps organisés fossiles du départment des Bouches-du-Rhône et lieux circonvoisins; précédé D'un Mémoire sur les terrains supérieurs au Grès Bigarré du S. E. de la France. Carnaud Fils, Marseille, 269 pp. + 41 pls.
page(s): pls 5, 6; note: Matheron obviously misspelt the name as "Plagiotychus" in the head of the description and as "Plagiopthychus" in the figure captions. From the Greek etymology provided in the footnot...

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subsequent type designation Fischer, P. (1880-1887). <i>Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique, ou histoire naturelle des mollusques vivants et fossiles suivi d'un Appendice sur les Brachiopodes par D. P. Oehlert. Avec 23 planches contenant 600 figures dessinées par S. P. Woodward.</i>. Paris: F. Savy. Published in 11 parts (fascicules), xxiv + 1369 pp., 23 pls. [1: 1-112, 21 September 1880; 2: 113-192, 16 March 1881; 3: 193-304, 28 July 1881; 4: 305-416, 5 May 1882; 5: 417-512, 21 February 1883; 6: 513-608, 20 December 1883; 7: 609-688, 30 June 1884; 8: 689-784, 29 January 1885; 9: 785-896, 31 August 1885; 10: 897-1008, 30 April 1886; 11: 1009-1369, 15 June 1887]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47340
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