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Taxon: Genus Placuna Solander, 1786 (mollusc)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  ([D.] Solander), in [J. Lightfoot], 1786
Original name, rank & spelling:  [Lightfoot, J.] 1786. Cat. Portland Mus.: 8 (no. 136: "Placuna placenta, S."), 16 (no. 353: "Placuna, S. viz. placenta, and Ephippium"), 136 (no. 3028: "Placuna Ephippium, S. (Anomia, L.)"), 140, 174, [179]. [S. = [D.] Solander (see p. [iii])]. ≡

Attributes

Available genus-group name with available specific names [ICZN, 1999: Art. 12.2.5 (<1931)] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 30 Dec 2021.

Types

Type of: Placunidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815

Synonyms

Including: Placenta (Genus) Philipsson, 1788 Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 358.
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