WoRMS taxon details
Placunidae Rafinesque, 1815
- Genus Placuna [Lightfoot], 1786
- Species Placuna ephippium (Philipsson, 1788)
- Species Placuna lincolnii (J. E. Gray, 1849)
- Species Placuna lobata G. B. Sowerby II, 1871
- Species Placuna placenta (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Placuna quadrangula (Philipsson, 1788)
- Species Placuna lincolnii (Gray, 1849) sensu Lamprell & Whitehead, 1992 accepted as Placuna quadrangula (Philipsson, 1788) (misapplication)
- Species Placuna orbicularis (Philipsson, 1788) accepted as Placuna placenta (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Placuna papyracea Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Placuna quadrangula (Philipsson, 1788) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- 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)
- Genus Placena [sic] accepted as Placuna [Lightfoot], 1786 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Placena placenta (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Placuna placenta (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
marine
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Placunidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492161 on 2024-09-25
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basis of record
Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]
redescription Yonge, C. M. (1977). Form and Evolution in the Anomiacea (Mollusca: Bivalvia)--Pododesmus, Anomia, Patro, Enigmonia (Anomiidae): Placunanomia, Placuna (Placunidae Fam. Nov.). <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 276(950): 453-523., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1977.0005 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Yonge, C. M. (1977). Form and Evolution in the Anomiacea (Mollusca: Bivalvia)--Pododesmus, Anomia, Patro, Enigmonia (Anomiidae): Placunanomia, Placuna (Placunidae Fam. Nov.). <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 276(950): 453-523., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1977.0005 [details] Available for editors [request]