Plicatula gibbosa

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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

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

Description[edit]

The size of the shell attains 38.6 mm.

Distribution[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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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