Family Placunidae Gray 1842 (scallop)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Placunidae
Synonym: Placentidae Gray 1847
Parent taxon: Anomioidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Nevesskaja 2009, Ronchetti 1970, Rosenberg et al. 2006 and Todd 2001
Sister taxa: Anomiidae, Heteranomiinae, Permanomiidae
Subtaxa: Placuna
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (1 collection), Iran (1), 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: 33 collections including 40 occurrences