Plicatula
Members of the species Plicatula gibbosa, including both modern (right) and fossil (left) specimens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Pectinida
Superfamily:	Plicatuloidea
Family:	Plicatulidae
Genus:	Plicatula Lamarck, 1801
Type species
Spondylus plicatus Linnaeus, 1764
Synonyms
Plicatulostrea Simone & Amaral, 2008 Spiniplicata [sic] (misspelling) Spiniplicatula Habe, 1977

Plicatula is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs, known commonly as kitten's paws or kittenpaws in the family Plicatulidae. ^[1]

Species

• Plicatula angolensis Cosel, 1995
• Plicatula anomioides Keen, 1958
• Plicatula australis Lamarck, 1819
• Plicatula ceylanica G. B. Sowerby II, 1873
• Plicatula complanata Deshayes, 1863
• Plicatula dubia G. B. Sowerby II, 1847
• Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801
• Plicatula horrida Dunker, 1882
• † Plicatula hunterae Shaak and Nicol, 1974
• † Plicatula megaera (d'Orbigny, 1850)
• Plicatula miskito Petuch, 1998
• Plicatula muricata G. B. Sowerby II, 1873
• Plicatula novaezelandiae G. B. Sowerby II, 1873
• Plicatula penicillata Carpenter, 1857
• Plicatula pernula Melvill, 1898
• Plicatula plicata (Linnaeus, 1764)
• Plicatula regularis Philippi, 1849
• † Plicatula selandica Schnetler, 2001
• Plicatula spondylopsis Rochebrune, 1895
• Plicatula squamosissima E. A. Smith, 1899

Synonyms

• Plicatula australis sensu P. G. Oliver, 1995, not Lamarck, 1819: synonym of Plicatula complanata Deshayes, 1863 (misapplication)
• Plicatula barbadensis d'Orbigny, 1846: synonym of Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801
• Plicatula caribbeana Weisbord, 1964: synonym of Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801
• Plicatula chinensis Mörch, 1853: synonym of Plicatula plicata (Linnaeus, 1764)
• Plicatula cristata Lamarck, 1819: synonym of Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801
• Plicatula cuneata Dunker, 1877: synonym of Plicatula regularis Philippi, 1849
• Plicatula deltoidea Dunker, 1849: synonym of Plicatula plicata (Linnaeus, 1764)
• Plicatula depressa Lamarck, 1819 sensu G. B. Sowerby II, 1847: synonym of Plicatula complanata Deshayes, 1863 (misapplication)
• Plicatula depressa Lamarck, 1819: synonym of Plicatula australis Lamarck, 1819
• Plicatula essingtonensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1873: synonym of Plicatula plicata (Linnaeus, 1764)
• † Plicatula hekiensis Nakazawa, 1955 : synonym of † Harpax hekiensis (Nakazawa, 1955)
• Plicatula imbricata Menke, 1843: synonym of Plicatula plicata (Linnaeus, 1764)
• Plicatula inezana Durham, 1950: synonym of Plicatula spondylopsis Rochebrune, 1895
• Plicatula irregularis Dunker, 1882: synonym of Plicatula horrida Dunker, 1882
• Plicatula laqueatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1842: synonym of Pecten albicans (Schröter, 1802)
• Plicatula lineata Récluz, 1851: synonym of Plicatula australis Lamarck, 1819
• Plicatula menkeana Finlay, 1927: synonym of Plicatula plicata (Linnaeus, 1764)
• Plicatula mesembrina Dall, 1925: synonym of Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801
• Plicatula multiplicata Deshayes, 1863: synonym of Plicatula australis Lamarck, 1819
• Plicatula naganumana Yokoyama, 1920: synonym of Pecten albicans (Schröter, 1802)
• Plicatula ostreivaga Rochebrune, 1895: synonym of Plicatula penicillata Carpenter, 1857
• Plicatula philippinarum G. B. Sowerby II, 1847: synonym of Plicatula plicata (Linnaeus, 1764)
• Plicatula plicatula [sic]: synonym of Plicatula plicata (Linnaeus, 1764)(misspelling)
• Plicatula ramosa Lamarck, 1819: synonym of Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801
• Plicatula ramosa Lamarck, 1819 sensu G. B. Sowerby II, 1847: synonym of Plicatula plicata (Linnaeus, 1764)(misapplication)
• Plicatula reniformis Lamarck, 1819: synonym of Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801
• Plicatula rugosa Dunker, 1877: synonym of Plicatula horrida Dunker, 1882
• Plicatula similis G. B. Sowerby II, 1842: synonym of Pecten maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Plicatula simplex Gould, 1861: synonym of Plicatula regularis Philippi, 1849
• † Plicatula spinosa J. Sowerby, 1819 : synonym of † Harpax spinosus (J. Sowerby, 1819)
• Plicatula spondyloidea Meuschen Arango & Molina, 1878: synonym of Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801
• Plicatula venezuelana Weisbord, 1964: synonym of Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801
• Plicatula vexillata Guppy, 1874: synonym of Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801