Summary ³

Plicatula gibbosa, or the Atlantic kitten's paw, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Plicatulidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies.

Type information ⁴

Syntype for Plicatula mesembrina Dall, 1925
Catalog Number: USNM 348260
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Dry
Collector(s): Felippone
Locality: Punta del Este Maldonado, Uruguay, South Atlantic Ocean

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Victor W Fazio III, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Victor W Fazio III
2. (c) Femorale, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.femorale.com/shellphotos/detail.asp?species=Plicatula%20gibbosa%20Lamarck,%201801
3. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plicatula_gibbosa
4. (c) Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/20163885

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