African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

WoRMS taxon details

Placuna [Lightfoot], 1786

AphiaID

206348 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206348)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Anomia placenta Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Placuna placenta (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Placunidae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Placuna [Lightfoot], 1786

Synonymised names

Ephippium Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (synonym)

Placena [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Placenta Philipsson, 1788 · unaccepted (synonym)

Placenta (Placenta) Philipsson, 1788 · unaccepted

Placenta (Placuna) [Lightfoot], 1786 · unaccepted

Placunema Stoliczka, 1871 · unaccepted (synonym)

Sellaria Link, 1807 · unaccepted (synonym)

Direct children (12)

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Species Placuna aestuaria Y.-T. Lin, Y.-X. Li, H.-X. Loke, X. Han & J.-W. Qiu, 2024
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 vitream Y.-T. Lin, Y.-X. Li, H.-X. Loke, X. Han & J.-W. Qiu, 2024
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)

Environment

marine

Original description

Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. [book]. London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 16 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Placuna [Lightfoot], 1786. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206348 on 2025-05-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-22 16:55:09Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

1998-08-21 16:11:41Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-27 07:06:07Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-07-28 10:55:32Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2012-01-04 17:55:52Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2013-05-14 19:49:43Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2022-06-24 07:24:08Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. [book]. London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 16 [details]

original description (of Sellaria Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben. 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237 [details]

original description (of Placenta Philipsson, 1788) Retzius A.J. (1788). Dissertatio historico-naturalis sistens nova testaceorum genera. Quam præside D. M. Andr. J. Retzio (...) ad publicum examen defert Laurentius Münter Philipsson. 4+23 pp. Lund. , available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN581964985, http://LOG_0001&physid=PHYS_0004
page(s): 15 [details]

original description (of Ephippium Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]

basis of record Sheppard, A. (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis of its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs. 3 (1): 43-50. [details] Available for editors

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Other

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]

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Introduced: alien

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