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Plectodon P. P. Carpenter, 1864
391103 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:391103)
accepted
Genus
Plectodon scaber P. P. Carpenter, 1864 (type by monotypy)
Cuspidaria (Plectodon) P. P. Carpenter, 1864 · unaccepted
Leiomya (Plectodon) P. P. Carpenter, 1865 · unaccepted
- Species Plectodon brazieri (E. A. Smith, 1885)
- Species Plectodon granulatus (Dall, 1881)
- Species Plectodon lepidus B. A. Marshall, 2002
- Species Plectodon ligula (Yokoyama, 1922)
- Species Plectodon pruinosus B. A. Marshall, 2002
- Species Plectodon regalis B. A. Marshall, 2002
- Species Plectodon scaber P. P. Carpenter, 1864
- Subgenus Plectodon (Pseudoneaera) Sturany, 1899 accepted as Leiomya adunca (A. Gould, 1861) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Plectodon (Pseudoneaera) tanabensis T. Habe, 1960 accepted as Leiomya adunca (A. Gould, 1861) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Plectodon braziliensis (E. A. Smith, 1915) accepted as Plectodon granulatus (Dall, 1881) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Plectodon granulata (Dall, 1881) accepted as Plectodon granulatus (Dall, 1881) (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Plectodon tanabensis T. Habe, 1960 accepted as Leiomya adunca (A. Gould, 1861) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine
Carpenter, P. P. (1864). Supplementary report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the West Coast of North America. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> (1863) 33: 517-686., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29370651
page(s): 611, 638 [details]
page(s): 611, 638 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Plectodon P. P. Carpenter, 1864. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391103 on 2025-09-11
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Carpenter, P. P. (1864). Supplementary report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the West Coast of North America. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> (1863) 33: 517-686., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29370651
page(s): 611, 638 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
basis of record Poutiers, J. M.; Bernard, F. R. (1995). Carnivorous bivalve molluscs (Anomalodesmata) from the tropical western Pacific Ocean, with a proposed classification and a catalogue of Recent species. <em>in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 167: 107-187., available online at http://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/EXPLOITATION/infodoc/ged/viewportalpublished.ashx?eid=IFD_FICJOINT_MNHN_MMNHN_S000_1995_T167_N000_1 [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
page(s): 611, 638 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
basis of record Poutiers, J. M.; Bernard, F. R. (1995). Carnivorous bivalve molluscs (Anomalodesmata) from the tropical western Pacific Ocean, with a proposed classification and a catalogue of Recent species. <em>in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 167: 107-187., available online at http://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/EXPLOITATION/infodoc/ged/viewportalpublished.ashx?eid=IFD_FICJOINT_MNHN_MMNHN_S000_1995_T167_N000_1 [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
