Plicatula
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| Plicatula | |
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| Members of the species Plicatula gibbosa, including both modern (right) and fossil (left) specimens | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pectinida |
| Superfamily: | Plicatuloidea |
| Family: | Plicatulidae |
| Genus: | Plicatula Lamarck, 1801 |
| Type species | |
| Spondylus plicatus Linnaeus, 1764 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Plicatula is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs, known commonly as kitten's paws or kittenpaws in the family Plicatulidae.[1]
- Plicatula angolensis Cosel, 1995
- Plicatula anomioides Keen, 1958
- Plicatula australis Lamarck, 1819
- Plicatula ceylanica G. B. Sowerby II, 1873
- Plicatula complanata Deshayes, 1863
- Plicatula dubia G. B. Sowerby II, 1847
- Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801
- Plicatula horrida Dunker, 1882
- † Plicatula hunterae Shaak and Nicol, 1974
- † Plicatula megaera (d'Orbigny, 1850)
- Plicatula miskito Petuch, 1998
- Plicatula muricata G. B. Sowerby II, 1873
- Plicatula novaezelandiae G. B. Sowerby II, 1873
- Plicatula penicillata Carpenter, 1857
- Plicatula pernula Melvill, 1898
- Plicatula plicata (Linnaeus, 1764)
- Plicatula regularis Philippi, 1849
- † Plicatula selandica Schnetler, 2001
- Plicatula spondylopsis Rochebrune, 1895
- Plicatula squamosissima E. A. Smith, 1899