MolluscaBase name details
Platopis Whitfield, 1891 †
1546650 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1546650)
uncertain > unassessed
Genus
Opis undata Conrad, 1852 † accepted as Platopis undata (Conrad, 1852) † (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Platopis corrugata Tate, 1898 † accepted as Corbicula corrugata (Tate, 1898) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Platopis plicata Whitfield, 1891 † accepted as Nemetia plicata (Whitfield, 1891) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Platopis triangularis Whitfield, 1891 † accepted as Nemetia triangularis (Whitfield, 1891) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Platopis whitfieldi H. E. Vokes, 1946 † accepted as Nemetia whitfieldi (H. E. Vokes, 1946) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Platopis undata (Conrad, 1852) † (uncertain)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Whitfield, R. P. (1891). Observations on some Cretaceous fossils from the Beyrût District of Syria, in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History, with descriptions of some new species. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 3: 381-457., available online at https://books.google.de/books?id=_GbbQaRQzi0C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 400 [details]
page(s): 400 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Platopis Whitfield, 1891 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1546650 on 2025-09-11
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Whitfield, R. P. (1891). Observations on some Cretaceous fossils from the Beyrût District of Syria, in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History, with descriptions of some new species. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 3: 381-457., available online at https://books.google.de/books?id=_GbbQaRQzi0C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 400 [details]
additional source Vokes, H.E. (1952). Notes on the pelecypod genus <em>Platopis</em> Whitfield. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 1560: 1-3., available online at https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/3975 [details]
page(s): 400 [details]
additional source Vokes, H.E. (1952). Notes on the pelecypod genus <em>Platopis</em> Whitfield. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 1560: 1-3., available online at https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/3975 [details]
