Species Placuna lobata Sowerby, 1871
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Placuna lobata Sowerby, G.B. 1871. Monograph of the genus Placuna. pls 1-5 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 18. [sp. 4, pl. 4, fig. 4, pl. 5, fig. 4b].
Type data:
Status unknown, Port Essington (possibly Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory, Australia). - Placenta planicostata Dunker, W. 1879. Mollusca quaedam nova. Journal de Conchyliologie 27: 212-217, pl. 9 [214, pl. 9, fig. 2].
Type data:
Status unknown, no locality.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Placuna (Ephippium) lobata Sowerby, 1871.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Philippines, Micronesia and Palau according to Huber (2010)
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Mangroves, marine, mud-silt.
Extra Ecological Information
On surface near mangroves.
General References
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [34, no. 90] (as Placuna (Ephippium) lobata Sowerby, 1871)
Matsukuma, A. 1987. Studies on the Kawamura Collection (Mollusca) stored in the National Science Museum, Tokyo- IV. The family Placunidae (Bivalvia) with special reference to their ligament. Venus 45(4): 231-244 [239, pl. 1, figs 5-8]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 22-Aug-2023 | BIVALVIA | 22-Aug-2023 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 26-Nov-2012 | 26-Nov-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 14-Jun-2013 | 18-Sep-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 14-Jun-2013 | 23-Aug-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 19-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED |