Plicatula

Plicatula is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs, known commonly as kitten's paws or kittenpaws in the family Plicatulidae. [1]

Plicatula
Members of the species Plicatula gibbosa, including both modern (right) and fossil (left) specimens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pectinida
Superfamily: Plicatuloidea
Family: Plicatulidae
Genus: Plicatula
Lamarck, 1801
Type species
Spondylus plicatus
Linnaeus, 1764
Synonyms
  • Plicatulostrea Simone & Amaral, 2008
  • Spiniplicata [sic] (misspelling)
  • Spiniplicatula Habe, 1977

Species

  • 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

Synonyms

  • Plicatula australis sensu P. G. Oliver, 1995, not Lamarck, 1819: synonym of Plicatula complanata Deshayes, 1863 (misapplication)
  • Plicatula barbadensis d'Orbigny, 1846: synonym of Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801
  • Plicatula caribbeana Weisbord, 1964: synonym of Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801
  • Plicatula chinensis Mörch, 1853: synonym of Plicatula plicata (Linnaeus, 1764)
  • Plicatula cristata Lamarck, 1819: synonym of Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801
  • Plicatula cuneata Dunker, 1877: synonym of Plicatula regularis Philippi, 1849
  • Plicatula deltoidea Dunker, 1849: synonym of Plicatula plicata (Linnaeus, 1764)
  • Plicatula depressa Lamarck, 1819 sensu G. B. Sowerby II, 1847: synonym of Plicatula complanata Deshayes, 1863 (misapplication)
  • Plicatula depressa Lamarck, 1819: synonym of Plicatula australis Lamarck, 1819
  • Plicatula essingtonensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1873: synonym of Plicatula plicata (Linnaeus, 1764)
  • Plicatula hekiensis Nakazawa, 1955 : synonym of † Harpax hekiensis (Nakazawa, 1955)
  • Plicatula imbricata Menke, 1843: synonym of Plicatula plicata (Linnaeus, 1764)
  • Plicatula inezana Durham, 1950: synonym of Plicatula spondylopsis Rochebrune, 1895
  • Plicatula irregularis Dunker, 1882: synonym of Plicatula horrida Dunker, 1882
  • Plicatula laqueatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1842: synonym of Pecten albicans (Schröter, 1802)
  • Plicatula lineata Récluz, 1851: synonym of Plicatula australis Lamarck, 1819
  • Plicatula menkeana Finlay, 1927: synonym of Plicatula plicata (Linnaeus, 1764)
  • Plicatula mesembrina Dall, 1925: synonym of Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801
  • Plicatula multiplicata Deshayes, 1863: synonym of Plicatula australis Lamarck, 1819
  • Plicatula naganumana Yokoyama, 1920: synonym of Pecten albicans (Schröter, 1802)
  • Plicatula ostreivaga Rochebrune, 1895: synonym of Plicatula penicillata Carpenter, 1857
  • Plicatula philippinarum G. B. Sowerby II, 1847: synonym of Plicatula plicata (Linnaeus, 1764)
  • Plicatula plicatula [sic]: synonym of Plicatula plicata (Linnaeus, 1764)(misspelling)
  • Plicatula ramosa Lamarck, 1819: synonym of Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801
  • Plicatula ramosa Lamarck, 1819 sensu G. B. Sowerby II, 1847: synonym of Plicatula plicata (Linnaeus, 1764)(misapplication)
  • Plicatula reniformis Lamarck, 1819: synonym of Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801
  • Plicatula rugosa Dunker, 1877: synonym of Plicatula horrida Dunker, 1882
  • Plicatula similis G. B. Sowerby II, 1842: synonym of Pecten maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Plicatula simplex Gould, 1861: synonym of Plicatula regularis Philippi, 1849
  • Plicatula spinosa J. Sowerby, 1819 : synonym of † Harpax spinosus (J. Sowerby, 1819)
  • Plicatula spondyloidea Meuschen Arango & Molina, 1878: synonym of Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801
  • Plicatula venezuelana Weisbord, 1964: synonym of Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801
  • Plicatula vexillata Guppy, 1874: synonym of Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Plicatula Lamarck, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204437 on 2022-01-31
  • Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  • Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.

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