 As such, "Pluridens" was likely a specialist that fed on smaller species of fish that it could swallow whole and thin-shelled molluscs it was capable of crushing.Lingham-Soliar (1998) likened the lifestyle and feeding of "Pluridens" with that of the ichthyosaurs, particularly early ichthyosaurs such as "Temnodontosaurus" and "Leptonectes".Lingham-Soliar (1998) listed the following unambiguous character states for the genus