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

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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

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