Plicatula gibbosa

Plicatula gibbosa, commonly known as the Atlantic kitten's paw, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Plicatulidae.

Plicatula gibbosa
Museum specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pectinida
Superfamily: Plicatuloidea
Family: Plicatulidae
Genus: Plicatula
Species:
P. gibbosa
Binomial name
Plicatula gibbosa
Lamarck, 1801
Synonyms
List
  • Plicatula barbadensis d'Orbigny, 1846
  • Plicatula caribbeana Weisbord, 1964
  • Plicatula cristata Lamarck, 1819
  • Plicatula mesembrina Dall, 1925
  • Plicatula ramosa Lamarck, 1819
  • Plicatula reniformis Lamarck, 1819
  • Plicatula spondyloidea Meuschen Arango & Molina, 1878
  • Plicatula venezuelana Weisbord, 1964
  • Plicatula vexillata Guppy, 1874

Description

The size of the shell attains 38.6 mm.

Distribution

It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies.[1]

References

  1. Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 34.
  • Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp
  • Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg
  • Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
  • Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
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