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Atlantic Kitten's Paw

Plicatula gibbosa

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 8, February 9, March 9, April 14, May 14, June 8, July 7, August 6, September 8, October 8, November 6, December 7.
United States1,977
North Carolina106
Alabama100
Mexico66
South Carolina65
Quintana Roo45
Argentina31
Buenos Aires28
Brazil22
Yucatan20

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Filter feederFeeds by filtering suspended food particles from water.From its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassBivalves · Bivalvia
OrderScallops and Allies · Pectinida
FamilyPlicatulidae
GenusKittenpaw Shells · Plicatula

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