Bivalvia - Pectinida - Placunidae
Synonym: Placenta Philipsson 1788
Parent taxon: Placunidae according to G. Rosenberg et al. 2006
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Oostingh 1935, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Placenta (Placenta) Placenta lamellata Placenta miocenica Placuna (Ephippium) Placuna (Placuna) Placuna iranica
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Iran (1 collection), Thailand (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (5)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (13), Pakistan (1), Papua New Guinea (1), the Philippines (1)
• Miocene of India (2), Indonesia (3), Libya (1), the Philippines (1), South Africa (1), Sri Lanka (1)
Total: 32 collections including 39 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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