WoRMS taxon details
Placuna placenta (Linnaeus, 1758)
367820 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:367820)
accepted
Species
Anomia placenta Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ephippium transparens Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Placena placenta (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Placenta (Placenta) orbicularis Philipsson, 1788 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Placenta auriculata Mörch, 1853 · unaccepted
Placenta communis Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 · unaccepted
Placenta orbicularis Philipsson, 1788 · unaccepted
Placuna orbicularis (Philipsson, 1788) · unaccepted
marine
(of Anomia placenta Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Placuna placenta (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367820 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ephippium transparens 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]
original description (of Placenta auriculata Mörch, 1853) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921 [details]
original description (of Anomia placenta Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 703. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Placenta communis Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811) Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. C. (1811). Entwurf eines neuen Systems der Schaltiergehäuse. <em>Magazin für die neuesten Entdecklungen in der gesammten Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschaft Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 5(1): 38-72, pl. 3., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=JicVAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 59 [details]
original description (of Placenta orbicularis Philipsson, 1788) Retzius A.J. (1788). <i>Dissertatio historico-naturalis sistens nova testaceorum genera. Quam præside D. M. Andr. J. Retzio (...) ad publicum examen defert Laurentius Münter Philipsson</i>. 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]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Placenta auriculata Mörch, 1853) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921 [details]
original description (of Anomia placenta Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 703. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Placenta communis Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811) Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. C. (1811). Entwurf eines neuen Systems der Schaltiergehäuse. <em>Magazin für die neuesten Entdecklungen in der gesammten Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschaft Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 5(1): 38-72, pl. 3., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=JicVAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 59 [details]
original description (of Placenta orbicularis Philipsson, 1788) Retzius A.J. (1788). <i>Dissertatio historico-naturalis sistens nova testaceorum genera. Quam præside D. M. Andr. J. Retzio (...) ad publicum examen defert Laurentius Münter Philipsson</i>. 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]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Li FX. & Gao SH. (1985). The ground-dwelling molluscan faunas of mangrove swamps in Hong Kong and Xiamen. In: Morton B & Dudgeon D, editors. Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on the Malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. The Malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China II.Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.2: pp 449-455. [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 140 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Moses, S. T. (1939). The recent <i>Placuna</i> pearl fishery in Baroda and some notes on the window-pane oyster. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 41(1): 119-122., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47873468 [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 140 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Moses, S. T. (1939). The recent <i>Placuna</i> pearl fishery in Baroda and some notes on the window-pane oyster. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 41(1): 119-122., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47873468 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | windowpane oysterwindow shelljingle shell | [details] |
| German | GlockenmuschelFensterscheiben-MuschelFensterscheibenmuschelFenstermuschel | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Placuna placenta)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Placuna placenta (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, Central Visayas, Cebu, ex coll. J. T...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Placuna placenta)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Placuna placenta (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, Central Visayas, Cebu, ex coll. J. T...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
