Plicatulidae

Taxobox
name = Plicatulidae


image_width = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
ordo = Ostreoida
subordo =
superfamilia =
familia = Plicatulidae
Wilson 1930
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text.

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

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.

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