| Plicatula | |
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| Members of the species Plicatula gibbosa, including both modern (right) and fossil (left) specimens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pectinida |
| Superfamily: | Plicatuloidea |
| Family: | Plicatulidae |
| Genus: | Plicatula Lamarck, 1801 |
| Type species | |
| Spondylus plicatus Linnaeus, 1764
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Plicatula is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs, known commonly as kitten's paws or kittenpaws in the family Plicatulidae. [1]
- ^ 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