# Plicatula

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

## 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