Plicatula gibbosa Atlantic Kitten's Paw

Plicatula gibbosa is commonly referred to as Atlantic Kitten's Paw. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

14456 

AphiaID:

207848 

Scientific:

Plicatula gibbosa 

German:

Atlantisches Katzenpfötchen 

English:

Atlantic Kitten's Paw 

Category:

Sea Shells 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pectinida (Order) > Plicatulidae (Family) > Plicatula (Genus) > gibbosa (Species) 

Initial determination:

Lamarck, 1801 

Occurrence:

Columbia, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, Madagascar, Puerto Rico, Red Sea, the Caribbean, USA, Venezuela 

Sea depth:

12 - 180 Meter 

Size:

0.39" - 1.18" (1,8cm - 3,8cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 80.6 °F (°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Plicatula angolensis
• Plicatula australis
• Plicatula complanata
• Plicatula dubia
• 
  Plicatula gibbosa
  Atlantisches Katzenpfötchen
• Plicatula horrida
• Plicatula miskito
• Plicatula muricata
• Plicatula novaezelandiae
• Plicatula penicillata
• Plicatula pernula
• Plicatula plicata
• Plicatula regularis
• Plicatula spondylopsis
• Plicatula squamosissima
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2022-02-02 19:38:11 

Last edit:

2022-02-02 19:41:48 

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