WoRMS taxon details
Plicatula Lamarck, 1801
204437 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204437)
accepted
Genus
Spondylus plicatus Linnaeus, 1764 accepted as Plicatula plicata (Linnaeus, 1764) (type by subsequent designation)
Plicatulostrea Simone & Amaral, 2008 · unaccepted
Spiniplicata [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)
Spiniplicatula Habe, 1977 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Plicatula angolensis Cosel, 1995
- Species Plicatula anomioides Keen, 1958
- Species Plicatula australis Lamarck, 1819
- Species Plicatula ceylanica G. B. Sowerby II, 1873
- Species Plicatula complanata Deshayes, 1863
- Species Plicatula dubia G. B. Sowerby II, 1847
- Species Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801
- Species Plicatula horrida Dunker, 1882
- Species Plicatula miskito Petuch, 1998
- Species Plicatula muricata G. B. Sowerby II, 1873
- Species Plicatula novaezelandiae G. B. Sowerby II, 1873
- Species Plicatula penicillata P. P. Carpenter, 1857
- Species Plicatula pernula Melvill, 1898
- Species Plicatula plicata (Linnaeus, 1764)
- Species Plicatula regularis R. A. Philippi, 1849
- Species Plicatula spondylopsis Rochebrune, 1895
- Species Plicatula squamosissima E. A. Smith, 1899
- Species Plicatula australis Lamarck, 1819 sensu P. G. Oliver, 1995 accepted as Plicatula complanata Deshayes, 1863 (misapplication)
- Species Plicatula barbadensis A. d'Orbigny, 1846 accepted as Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Plicatula caribbeana Weisbord, 1964 accepted as Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Plicatula chinensis Mörch, 1853 accepted as Plicatula plicata (Linnaeus, 1764)
- Species Plicatula cristata Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Plicatula cuneata Dunker, 1877 accepted as Plicatula regularis R. A. Philippi, 1849 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Plicatula deltoidea Dunker, 1849 accepted as Plicatula plicata (Linnaeus, 1764)
- Species Plicatula depressa Lamarck, 1819 sensu G. B. Sowerby II, 1847 accepted as Plicatula complanata Deshayes, 1863 (misapplication)
- Species Plicatula depressa Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Plicatula australis Lamarck, 1819
- Species Plicatula essingtonensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1873 accepted as Plicatula plicata (Linnaeus, 1764)
- Species Plicatula imbricata Menke, 1843 accepted as Plicatula plicata (Linnaeus, 1764) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Plicatula inezana Durham, 1950 accepted as Plicatula spondylopsis Rochebrune, 1895 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Plicatula irregularis Dunker, 1882 accepted as Plicatula horrida Dunker, 1882
- Species Plicatula laqueatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) accepted as Pecten albicans (Schröter, 1802)
- Species Plicatula lineata Récluz, 1851 accepted as Plicatula australis Lamarck, 1819
- Species Plicatula menkeana Finlay, 1927 accepted as Plicatula plicata (Linnaeus, 1764)
- Species Plicatula mesembrina Dall, 1925 accepted as Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Plicatula multiplicata Deshayes, 1863 accepted as Plicatula australis Lamarck, 1819
- Species Plicatula naganumana Yokoyama, 1920 accepted as Pecten albicans (Schröter, 1802)
- Species Plicatula ostreivaga Rochebrune, 1895 accepted as Plicatula penicillata P. P. Carpenter, 1857
- Species Plicatula philippinarum G. B. Sowerby II, 1847 accepted as Plicatula plicata (Linnaeus, 1764)
- Species Plicatula plicatula [sic] accepted as Plicatula plicata (Linnaeus, 1764) (misspelling)
- Species Plicatula ramosa Lamarck, 1819 sensu G. B. Sowerby II, 1847 accepted as Plicatula plicata (Linnaeus, 1764) (misapplication)
- Species Plicatula ramosa Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Plicatula reniformis Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801
- Species Plicatula rugosa Dunker, 1877 accepted as Plicatula horrida Dunker, 1882 (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid: junior homonym of Plicatula rugosa Lamarck, 1819)
- Species Plicatula similis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) accepted as Pecten maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Plicatula simplex A. Gould, 1861 accepted as Plicatula regularis R. A. Philippi, 1849 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Plicatula spondyloidea Arango y Molina, 1878 accepted as Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801 (introduced in synonymy)
- Species Plicatula venezuelana Weisbord, 1964 accepted as Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801
- Species Plicatula aculeata G. B. Sowerby II, 1873 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Plicatula echinata Dunker, 1871 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Plicatula tuberculosa Nomura, 1933 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, non Morris & Lycett, 1853)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Plicatula Lamarck, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204437 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719 [details]
original description (of Plicatulostrea Simone & Amaral, 2008) Simone, L. R. L. & do Amaral, V. S. (2008). <i>Plicatulostrea</i>, a new genus of Plicatulidae (Bivalvia: Pectinoidea) from Thailand. <i>In</i>: Molluscs of Eastern Thailand: Proceedings of the International Marine Bivalve Workshop, Chanthaburi, Thailand, August-September 2005, with contributions on other molluscan groups (Rüdiger Bieler, Kashane Chalermwat, Paula M. Mikkelsen, Tan Koh Siang and Fred E. Wells, eds.). <em>The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> suppl. 18: 127-135., available online at http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s18/s18rbz127-135.pdf [details]
original description (of Spiniplicatula Habe, 1977) Habe, T. (1977). Systematics of Mollusca in Japan (Bivalvia and Scaphopoda). Hokuryukan, Tokyo, xiii + 372 pp.
page(s): 95. [details]
basis of record Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Plicatulostrea Simone & Amaral, 2008) Simone, L. R. L. & do Amaral, V. S. (2008). <i>Plicatulostrea</i>, a new genus of Plicatulidae (Bivalvia: Pectinoidea) from Thailand. <i>In</i>: Molluscs of Eastern Thailand: Proceedings of the International Marine Bivalve Workshop, Chanthaburi, Thailand, August-September 2005, with contributions on other molluscan groups (Rüdiger Bieler, Kashane Chalermwat, Paula M. Mikkelsen, Tan Koh Siang and Fred E. Wells, eds.). <em>The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> suppl. 18: 127-135., available online at http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s18/s18rbz127-135.pdf [details]
original description (of Spiniplicatula Habe, 1977) Habe, T. (1977). Systematics of Mollusca in Japan (Bivalvia and Scaphopoda). Hokuryukan, Tokyo, xiii + 372 pp.
page(s): 95. [details]
basis of record Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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redescription
Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
additional source Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 70 [details]
subsequent type designation Schmidt F.C. 1818, Versuch über die beste Einrichtung zur Aufstellung: Behandlung und Aufbewahrung der verschiedenen Naturkörper und gegenṣtände der Kunst, vorzüglich der Conchylien-Sammlungen, nebst kurzer Beurtheilung der conchyliologischen Systeme und Schriften und einer tabellarischen Zusammenstellung und Vergleichung der sechs besten und neuesten conchyliologischen Systeme. Gotha, J. Perth, 252 pp. , available online at http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015061903053#view=1up;seq=15 [details]
additional source Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 70 [details]
subsequent type designation Schmidt F.C. 1818, Versuch über die beste Einrichtung zur Aufstellung: Behandlung und Aufbewahrung der verschiedenen Naturkörper und gegenṣtände der Kunst, vorzüglich der Conchylien-Sammlungen, nebst kurzer Beurtheilung der conchyliologischen Systeme und Schriften und einer tabellarischen Zusammenstellung und Vergleichung der sechs besten und neuesten conchyliologischen Systeme. Gotha, J. Perth, 252 pp. , available online at http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015061903053#view=1up;seq=15 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
