MolluscaBase - Placunidae Rafinesque, 1815

WoRMS taxon details

Placunidae Rafinesque, 1815

AphiaID

492161 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:492161)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Anomioidea Rafinesque, 1815

Direct children (2)

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Genus Placuna [Lightfoot], 1786
Genus Placena [sic] accepted as Placuna [Lightfoot], 1786 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)

Environment

marine

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Placunidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492161 on 2025-04-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-07-28 10:55:32Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2012-01-04 17:55:52Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2020-02-07 21:47:51Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

Licensing

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Nomenclature

basis of record Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]

Taxonomy

redescription Yonge, C. M. (1977). Form and Evolution in the Anomiacea (Mollusca: Bivalvia)--Pododesmus, Anomia, Patro, Enigmonia (Anomiidae): Placunanomia, Placuna (Placunidae Fam. Nov.). <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 276(950): 453-523., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1977.0005 [details] Available for editors

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Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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