WoRMS taxon details
Plaxiphoridae Dall, 1889
1899020 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1899020)
accepted
Family
- Genus Plaxiphora J. E. Gray, 1847
- Genus Euplaxiphora Shuttleworth, 1853 accepted as Plaxiphora J. E. Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Frembleya H. Adams, 1867 accepted as Plaxiphora J. E. Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Placophora Verrill & S. Smith, 1882 accepted as Plaxiphora J. E. Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > unjustified emendation)
- Genus Streptochiton Dall, 1879 accepted as Frembleya H. Adams, 1867 accepted as Plaxiphora J. E. Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Dall, W. H. (1889). A preliminary catalogue of shell-bearing marine mollusks and brachiopods of the south-eastern coast of the United States, with illustrations of many of the species. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 37: 1–221, 74 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100815
page(s): 174; note: Original spelling Placophoridae, based on an unjustified emendation of Plaxiphora. Correction mandatory under Art. 35.4.1 [first effected by Iredale, 1915, who attributed Plaxiphoridae to himse...
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page(s): 174; note: Original spelling Placophoridae, based on an unjustified emendation of Plaxiphora. Correction mandatory under Art. 35.4.1 [first effected by Iredale, 1915, who attributed Plaxiphoridae to himse...
Original spelling Placophoridae, based on an unjustified emendation of Plaxiphora. Correction mandatory under Art. 35.4.1 [first effected by Iredale, 1915, who attributed Plaxiphoridae to himself].
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Plaxiphoridae Dall, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1899020 on 2026-08-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Dall, W. H. (1889). A preliminary catalogue of shell-bearing marine mollusks and brachiopods of the south-eastern coast of the United States, with illustrations of many of the species. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 37: 1–221, 74 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100815
page(s): 174; note: Original spelling Placophoridae, based on an unjustified emendation of Plaxiphora. Correction mandatory under Art. 35.4.1 [first effected by Iredale, 1915, who attributed Plaxiphoridae to himse...
[details]
page(s): 174; note: Original spelling Placophoridae, based on an unjustified emendation of Plaxiphora. Correction mandatory under Art. 35.4.1 [first effected by Iredale, 1915, who attributed Plaxiphoridae to himse...
Original spelling Placophoridae, based on an unjustified emendation of Plaxiphora. Correction mandatory under Art. 35.4.1 [first effected by Iredale, 1915, who attributed Plaxiphoridae to himself].
Other
additional source
Iredale, T. (1915). A commentary on Suter's Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 47: 417-497., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3343255
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