WoRMS name details
Pleuronectia Swainson, 1840
394719 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:394719)
unaccepted
Genus
Pleuronectia laevigata Swainson, 1840 accepted as Amusium pleuronectes (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)
- Species Pleuronectia fenestrata (Forbes, 1844) accepted as Parvamussium fenestratum (Forbes, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleuronectia laevigata Swainson, 1840 accepted as Amusium pleuronectes (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Pleuronectia laevis Jeffreys, 1879 accepted as Similipecten similis (Laskey, 1811) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, introduced in synonymy, available for being used by Pallary (1914: 22) as valid (ICZN Art. 11.6.1))
- Species Pleuronectia lucida Jeffreys, 1873 accepted as Propeamussium lucidum (Jeffreys, 1873) (original combination)
marine
Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pleuronectia Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=394719 on 2026-06-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Dijkstra, H. H. (2013). Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae and Pectinidae) from the Panglao region, Philippine Islands. <em>Vita Malacologica.</em> 10: 1-108 [6 April 2013]., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/504769 [details]
