North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS name details

Pleuronectia Swainson, 1840

AphiaID

394719 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:394719)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Amusium Röding, 1798

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pectinidae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Pleuronectia Swainson, 1840

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Species Pleuronectia laevis Jeffreys, 1879 accepted as Similipecten similis (Laskey, 1811) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, introduced in synonymy, available for being used by Pallary (1914: 22) as valid (ICZN Art. 11.6.1))
Species Pleuronectia lucida Jeffreys, 1873 accepted as Propeamussium lucidum (Jeffreys, 1873) (original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pleuronectia Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=394719 on 2026-06-17

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Pleuronectia Swainson, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=394719 on 2026-06-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-05-08 18:05:59Z

created

Dijkstra, Henk

2013-04-06 20:43:12Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-03-26 15:41:02Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2023-02-16 07:02:53Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

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Sources (2)

original description Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450 [details]

source of synonymy Dijkstra, H. H. (2013). Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae and Pectinidae) from the Panglao region, Philippine Islands. <em>Vita Malacologica.</em> 10: 1-108 [6 April 2013]., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/504769 [details]