WoRMS taxon details
Placuna Lightfoot, 1786
AphiaID: 206348
AphiaID: 206348
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Pectinoida (Order) > Anomioidea (Superfamily) > Placunidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Anomia placenta Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Placunidae Rafinesque, 1815 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Ephippium Röding, 1798 (synonym) Placenta Philipsson, 1788 (synonym) Placunema Stoliczka, 1871 (synonym) Sellaria Link, 1807 (synonym) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Sheppard, A (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis ot its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs 3: 43-50. [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] from synonym: Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [details] [view taxon] subsequent type designation: Kennard A. S., Salisbury A. E. & Woodward B. B. (1931). The types of Lamarck's genera of shells as selected by J. G. Children in 1823. Smithsonian Institution miscellaneous collections 82 (17): 1-40 [12 luglio 1931], available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24727704 page(s): 16 [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Placuna ephippium (Philipsson, 1788) Species Placuna lincolnii (Gray, 1849) Species Placuna lobata G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 Species Placuna placenta (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Placuna quadrangula (Philipsson, 1788) Species Placuna lincolnii Lamprell & Whitehead, 1992 accepted as Placuna quadrangula (Philipsson, 1788) Species Placuna papyracea Bruguière, 1792 accepted as Placuna quadrangula (Philipsson, 1788) Species Placuna planicostata Dunker, 1879 accepted as Placuna lobata G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 Species Placuna sella (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Placuna ephippium (Philipsson, 1788) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Link | To GenBank | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206348 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2013). Placuna Lightfoot, 1786. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206348 on 2013-05-24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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