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Jingle shell

Placuna placenta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedmolluscs

The jingle shell (Placuna placenta) is a species in the family Placunidae, order Pectinida.

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Quick facts about the jingle shell

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the jingle shell live?

Not recorded

Is the jingle shell endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the jingle shell classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderPectinida
  5. familyPlacunidae
  6. genusPlacuna
  7. SpeciesPlacuna placenta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Anomia placenta, Ephippium transparens, Placena placenta, Placenta auriculata, Placenta communis, Placenta orbicularis, Placuna orbicularis

Other names and names in other languages (14)
  • Common window shellEnglish
  • Window shellEnglish
  • Windowpane oysterEnglish
  • tabulovka průsvitnáCzech
  • Capiz-MuschelGerman
  • Тропическая плакунаRussian
  • plakuna šupinováSlovak
  • หอยกระจกThai
  • 海月Chinese
  • FenstermuschelGerman
  • Fensterscheiben-MuschelGerman
  • FensterscheibenmuschelGerman
  • GlockenmuschelGerman
  • 雲母蛤Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the jingle shell

Other species in the same genus Placuna.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the jingle shell?

The jingle shell (Placuna placenta) belongs to the family Placunidae in the order Pectinida.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Jingle shell (Placuna placenta). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/jingle-shell

MLA

“Jingle shell (Placuna placenta).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/jingle-shell.

BibTeX
@misc{jingle_shell_2026,
  title = {Jingle shell (Placuna placenta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/jingle-shell},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}