Marine Species Traits - Placuna [Lightfoot], 1786

Traits taxon details

Placuna [Lightfoot], 1786

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Placunidae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Placuna [Lightfoot], 1786

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 mandirantjanensis K. Martin, 1909 †
Species Placuna placenta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Placuna pseudoplacenta K. Martin, 1909 †
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 cymbalea Locard, 1889 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Placuna nodulosa Zieten, 1832 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Placuna solida Melleville, 1843 † accepted as Hemiplicatula solida (Melleville, 1843) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine, brackish

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: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206348 on 2026-04-04

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Placuna [Lightfoot], 1786. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206348 on 2026-04-04

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

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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]

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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00306139 [details] Available for editors

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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