OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Ostreoida Placunidae 

Placuna (Placuna) Lightfoot, 1786

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   (Placuna) Lightfoot, 1786
   (Placenta) Philipsson in Retzius, 1788

Included taxa

   Placuna (Placuna) placenta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNW coast

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Ostreoida
                Pectinina
                  Anomioidea
                    Placunidae Gray, 1842
                      Placuna Lightfoot, 1786
                        Placuna (Placuna) Lightfoot, 1786

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=16406) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by bouchet genera on 2002-07-16.