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