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Plicatula
	Members of the species Plicatula gibbosa, including both modern (right) and fossil (left) specimens
Scientific 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;

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

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

^ 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.