WoRMS name details
Placenta Philipsson, 1788
516289 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:516289)
unaccepted (synonym)
Genus
Placenta (Placenta) Philipsson, 1788 · unaccepted
- Subgenus Placenta (Placenta) Philipsson, 1788 accepted as Placenta Philipsson, 1788 accepted as Placuna [Lightfoot], 1786
- Species Placenta (Placenta) orbicularis Philipsson, 1788 accepted as Placenta orbicularis Philipsson, 1788 accepted as Placuna placenta (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Placenta (Placuna) [Lightfoot], 1786 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)
- Species Placenta auriculata Mörch, 1853 accepted as Placuna placenta (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Placenta communis Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 accepted as Placuna placenta (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Placenta ephippium Philipsson, 1788 accepted as Placuna ephippium (Philipsson, 1788)
- Species Placenta orbicularis Philipsson, 1788 accepted as Placuna placenta (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Placenta papyracea (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Placuna papyracea Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Placuna quadrangula (Philipsson, 1788)
- Species Placenta patinata Guppy, 1911 † (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Placenta quadrangula Philipsson, 1788 accepted as Placuna quadrangula (Philipsson, 1788)
Retzius A.J. (1788). <i>Dissertatio historico-naturalis sistens nova testaceorum genera. Quam præside D. M. Andr. J. Retzio (...) ad publicum examen defert Laurentius Münter Philipsson</i>. 4+23 pp. Lund. , available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN581964985, http://LOG_0001&physid=PHYS_0004
page(s): 15 [details]
page(s): 15 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Placenta Philipsson, 1788. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=516289 on 2025-07-09
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Retzius A.J. (1788). <i>Dissertatio historico-naturalis sistens nova testaceorum genera. Quam præside D. M. Andr. J. Retzio (...) ad publicum examen defert Laurentius Münter Philipsson</i>. 4+23 pp. Lund. , available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN581964985, http://LOG_0001&physid=PHYS_0004
page(s): 15 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 15 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
