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Placopecten

genus of molluscs
Taxon taxon Q7200412
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Placopecten

Summary

Placopecten is a taxon[1]. Placopecten ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month, #1,630 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Placopecten's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Placopecten is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Placopecten belongs to the parent taxon Pectinidae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Placopecten is Placopecten[6].
  • Placopecten's Commons category is recorded as Placopecten[7].
  • Placopecten's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Placopecten[8].

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Classification

Placopecten's scientific name is Placopecten[6]. Placopecten is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Placopecten is classified within Pectinidae[5].

Identifiers

Placopecten's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 371714[9]. Placopecten's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6576[10]. Placopecten's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2285951[11]. Placopecten's ITIS TSN is recorded as 79717[12].

Why It Matters

Placopecten ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month, #1,630 of 195,241).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Placopecten
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → taxon
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007539971305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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