WoRMS name details
Placenta (Placuna) [Lightfoot], 1786
1590898 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1590898)
unaccepted
Subgenus
Placenta Philipsson, 1788 accepted as Placuna [Lightfoot], 1786
- Species Placenta (Placuna) lincolnii J. E. Gray, 1849 accepted as Placuna lincolnii (J. E. Gray, 1849) (basionym)
- Species Placenta (Placuna) sella (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Placuna sella (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Placuna ephippium (Philipsson, 1788)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Placuna [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Dutchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 16 [details]
page(s): 16 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Placenta (Placuna) [Lightfoot], 1786. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1590898 on 2025-01-19
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(of Placuna [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Dutchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 16 [details]
basis of record Gray, J.E. (1849). On the species of the genus <i>Placenta</i> of Retzius. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 16: 114-115. ["1848"; 25 April 1849]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12861974
page(s): 114 [details]
page(s): 16 [details]
basis of record Gray, J.E. (1849). On the species of the genus <i>Placenta</i> of Retzius. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 16: 114-115. ["1848"; 25 April 1849]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12861974
page(s): 114 [details]
