| Description | 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.
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Plicatulidae : Plicatula : Plicatula gibbosa |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Plicatulidae : Plicatula : Plicatula gibbosa |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Plicatula |
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| Scientific Name | Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801 |
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| Name Published In | Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux; Présentant leurs caractères essentiels et leur distribution, d'apres la considération de leurs rapports naturels et de leur organisation, et suivant l'arrangement établi dans les galeries du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, parmi leurs dépouilles conservées; Précédé du discours d'ouverture du Cours de Zoologie, donné dans le Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle l'an 8 de la République. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris: viii + 432 pp. |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Plicatula gibbosa | species | belongs to Plicatula | stated with evidence | Lamarck, 1801 | | Plicatula gibbosa | species | belongs to Plicatula | stated without evidence | Richards, 1962 | | Plicatula gibbosa | species | belongs to Plicatula | implied | Richards et al., 1969 | | Plicatula gibbosa | species | belongs to Plicatula | stated with evidence | da Silva Forti, 1969 | | Plicatula gibbosa | species | misspelling of Plicatula gibbosa | stated with evidence | Woodring, 1982 | | Plicatula gibbosa | species | belongs to Plicatula | stated with evidence | Hendy et al., 2008 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene |
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| Environment | marine (based on Pectinida) |
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| Motility | stationary, attached, epibiont (based on Plicatula) |
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| Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) |
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| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Plicatula) |
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| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, aragonite (based on Pectinida) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | H. G. Richards. 1962. Studies on the marine Pleistocene: Part II. The marine Pleistocene mollusks of eastern North America. Transactions of the American Philosophocal Society 52(3):1-142 |
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| Common Name(s) | Atlantic Kittenpaw |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plicatula_gibbosa |
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| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Plicatula marginata Say, 1824 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Plicatulidae : Plicatula : Plicatula marginata |
| Plicatula mesembrina Dall, 1925 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Plicatulidae : Plicatula : Plicatula mesembrina |
| Plicatula vexillata Guppy, 1874 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Plicatulidae : Plicatula : Plicatula vexillata |
| Plicatula cristata Lamarck, 1819 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Plicatulidae : Plicatula : Plicatula cristata |
| Plicatula ramosa Lamarck, 1819 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Plicatulidae : Plicatula : Plicatula ramosa |
| Plicatula caribbeana Weisbord, 1964 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Plicatulidae : Plicatula : Plicatula caribbeana |
| Plicatula venezuelana Weisbord, 1964 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Plicatulidae : Plicatula : Plicatula venezuelana |
| Plicatula spondyloidea Meuschen Arango & Molina, 1878 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Plicatulidae : Plicatula : Plicatula spondyloidea |
| Plicatula reniformis Lamarck, 1819 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Plicatulidae : Plicatula : Plicatula reniformis |
| Plicatula guppyi Woodring, 1925 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Plicatulidae : Plicatula : Plicatula guppyi |
| Plicatula barbadensis d'Orbigny, 1846 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Plicatulidae : Plicatula : Plicatula barbadensis |
| Plicatula gibbus Lamarck, 1801 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Plicatulidae : Plicatula : Plicatula gibbus |
| Richards H. G. (1962) Studies on the marine Pleistocene: Part II. The marine Pleistocene mollusks of eastern North America, Transactions of the American Philosophocal Society 52 3, 1-142 |
| Olsson A. A. (1922) The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica, Bulletins of American Paleontology 9 39, 1-309 |
| Olsson A. A., Harbison A. (1953) Pliocene Mollusca of Southern Florida, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Monograph 8, 1-457 |
| DuBar J. R (1958) Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Late Neogene strata of the Caloosahatchee River area of southern Florida, Florida Geological Survey Bulletin 40, 1-267 |
| Jung P. (1965) Miocene Mollusca from the Paraguana Peninsula, Venezuela, Bulletins of American Paleontology 49 223, 389-652 |
| Richards H. G., Abbott R. T., et al (1969) The marine Pleistocene mollusks of Bermuda, Notulae Naturae 425, 1-10 |
| da Silva Forti I. R. (1969) Cenozoic Mollusks from the drillholes Cassino and Palmares do Sul of the Coastal Plain of Rio Grande do Sul, Iheringia Geologia 2, 55-155 |
| Woodring W. P. (1982) Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae)., United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306 F |
| Hendy A. J. W., Buick D. P., et al (2008) Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions |
| Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al., 1988: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16. vii + 277. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. (2009) Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, - via Catalogue of Life |
| Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux; Présentant leurs caractères essentiels et leur distribution, d'apres la considération de leurs rapports naturels et de leur organisation, et suivant l'arrangement établi dans les galeries du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, parmi leurs dépouilles conservées; Précédé du discours d'ouverture du Cours de Zoologie, donné dans le Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle l'an 8 de la République. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris: viii + 432 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species |
Plicatula gibbosa
