Plicatulidae
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Bivalvia
- Order: Pectinida
- Family: Plicatulidae
Overview
Plicatulidae Watson, 1930
Common Name: Kitten's Paws
Extant/Extinct
Key morphological features: Plicatulidae have oval to slightly triangle shaped shells with an irregular outline. They have deep ridges as surface ornamentation and cement to hard surfaces just like oysters.
SIZE:
Paleoecology:
MOBILITY: Stationary
FEEDING MODE: Suspension Feeder
HABITAT: Epifaunal
Sources:
Cox, L. R. et al. 1969. Bivalvia, in R. C. Moore ed., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part N, Mollusca 6, Volume 1. The University of Kansas and Geological Society of America. 1224 pp.
