WoRMS taxon details
Placunidae Rafinesque, 1815
492161 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:492161)
accepted
Family
Placuninae Rafinesque, 1815 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Genus Placuna [Lightfoot], 1786
- Genus Ephippium Röding, 1798 accepted as Placuna [Lightfoot], 1786 (synonym)
- Genus Placena [sic] accepted as Placuna [Lightfoot], 1786 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Placenta Philipsson, 1788 accepted as Placuna [Lightfoot], 1786 (synonym)
- Genus Placunema Stoliczka, 1871 accepted as Placuna [Lightfoot], 1786 (synonym)
- Genus Sellaria Link, 1807 accepted as Placuna [Lightfoot], 1786 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Placuninae Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 148; note: Original spelling (subfamly) Placunia [details]
page(s): 148; note: Original spelling (subfamly) Placunia [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Placunidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492161 on 2026-02-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Placuninae Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 148; note: Original spelling (subfamly) Placunia [details]
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.052.0201 [details]
page(s): 148; note: Original spelling (subfamly) Placunia [details]
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.052.0201 [details]
Taxonomy
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 
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
