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Data last updated Mon 2 March 2026
Bivalvia | Pectinida | Plicatuloidea | Plicatulidae
0 Recent freshwater species (2 total species)
Lamarck, 1801. Sys. Anim. sans Vert.: ??.
The Taxonomic History lists the ways authors have classified the species currently assigned to Plicatula, since 1900.
Plicatula — Bieler et al. (2014)