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Plicatula
Genus of bivalves / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Plicatula | |
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Members of the species Plicatula gibbosa, including both modern (right) and fossil (left) specimens | |
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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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