Plicatula gibbosa

Plicatula gibbosa
	Museum specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific 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

The size of the shell attains 38.6 mm.

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

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