Plicatulidae

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Plicatulidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Ostreoida
Family: Plicatulidae
Wilson 1930
Genera

See text.

Plicatulidae (Kitten's paws or Kittenpaws) is a family of bivalves, related to oysters and scallops.

[edit] Description

Plicatulidae species are small, with weakly convex shells which are irregularly oval or even almost triangular. typically they attach themselves to a hard surface by the right valve. The ligament is internal and triangular.

[edit] Taxonomy

  • Plicatula Lamarck 1801 - Kittenpaw
    • Plicatula australis Lamarck 1819
    • Plicatula chinensis Mörch 1853
    • Plicatula complanata
    • Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 - Atlantic kittenpaw
    • Plicatula miskito Petuch, 1998
    • Plicatula muricata
    • Plicatula plicata Linnaeus 1758


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