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Placunidae

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Placunidae, also known as windowpane oysters, windowpane shells, and Capiz shells, are a taxonomic family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks which are related to oysters and scallops.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placunidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3248021	https://www.gbif.org/species/3248021
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	61791	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=61791

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Placunidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Placunidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Pteriomorphia
-	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Pectinida
suborder	Anomiidina	Gray 1854
-	Anomioidei	Gray 1854
-	Anomioitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Anomioidea	Rafinesque 1815
family	Placunidae	Gray 1842

Scientific Name

Placunidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Placunidae	family	belongs to Pterioida	stated without evidence	Ronchetti, 1970
Placunidae	family	belongs to Anomiacea	implied	Lamprell and Whitehead, 1992
Placunidae	family	belongs to Anomioidea	stated without evidence	Todd, 2001
Placunidae	family	belongs to Anomioidea	stated with evidence	Bieler and Mikkelsen, 2006
Placunidae	family	belongs to Anomioidea	implied	Nevesskaja, 2009
Placunidae	family	belongs to Anomioidea	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Placunidae	family	belongs to Anomioidea	stated with evidence	Carter et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

8 (62%)

First Recorded Appearance

23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene

Environment

marine (based on Pectinida)

Motility

stationary, attached

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: ER, IM, CE, SU according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite, aragonite (based on Pectinida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

K. Lamprell and T. Whitehead. 1992. Bivalves of Australia 1

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placunidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Placuna genus	listed (PBDB)		39	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Placuna genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1842	Placunidae Gray
1847	Placentidae Gray
1970	Placunidae Ronchetti p. 56
1992	Placunidae Lamprell and Whitehead p. 34
2001	Placunidae Todd
2006	Placunidae Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 230
2006	Placunidae Rosenberg et al.
2009	Placunidae Nevesskaja
2010	Placunidae Bouchet et al.
2011	Placunidae Carter et al. p. 10

References

Lamprell K., Whitehead T. (1992) , Bivalves of Australia 1

Ronchetti C. R. (1970) New contributions to the knowledge of the Jurassic fauna of Karkar (Northeast Afghanistan), Ital. Expedit., Karakorum (K2) Hindu Kush, Scientific Reports IV, Paleontology – Zoology – Botany 2, 43-74

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of bivalves in the Panama Paleontology Project collections, [http://eusmilia.geology.uiowa.edu/database/bivalves/systemat/bivaltax.htm#list]

Bieler R., Mikkelsen P. M. (2006) Bivalvia - a look at the branches, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 148, 223-235

Rosenberg G., Ponder W., et al (2006) A Biotic Database of Indo-Pacific Marine Mollusks doi:http://data.acnatsci.org/obis

Nevesskaja L. A. (2009) Principles of Systematics and the System of Bivalves, Paleontological Journal 43 1, 1-11 doi:10.1134/S0031030109010018

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Carter J. G., Altaba C. R., et al (2011) A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca), University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4, 1-47

Bieler R., Carter J.G. & Coan E.V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184. - via World Register of Marine Species

Yonge, C. M. (1977). Form and Evolution in the Anomiacea (Mollusca: Bivalvia)--Pododesmus, Anomia, Patro, Enigmonia (Anomiidae): Placunanomia, Placuna (Placunidae Fam. Nov.). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 276(950): 453-523. - via World Register of Marine Species

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per included genera - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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