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Placuna vitream

Status not recordedmolluscs

Placuna vitream is a species in the family Placunidae, order Pectinida.

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Quick facts about Placuna vitream

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 Placuna vitream live?

Not recorded

Is Placuna vitream 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 Placuna vitream classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderPectinida
  5. familyPlacunidae
  6. genusPlacuna
  7. SpeciesPlacuna vitream Y.-T. Lin, Y.-X. Li, H.-X. Loke, X. Han & J.-W. Qiu, 2024

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Relatives of Placuna vitream

Other species in the same genus Placuna.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is Placuna vitream?

Placuna vitream (Placuna vitream) 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). Placuna vitream (Placuna vitream). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/placuna-vitream

MLA

“Placuna vitream (Placuna vitream).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/placuna-vitream.

BibTeX
@misc{placuna_vitream_2026,
  title = {Placuna vitream (Placuna vitream)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/placuna-vitream},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}