APHOTOMARINE
An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.
Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801 - Atlantic kitten's paw (Marine bivalve images)
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Atlantic kitten's paw
Plicatula gibbosa
- front of shell 1
Plicatula gibbosa
- front of shell 1
Atlantic kitten's paw
Plicatula gibbosa
- front of shell 2
Atlantic kitten's paw
Plicatula gibbosa
- front of shell 3
Atlantic kitten's paw
Plicatula gibbosa
- dorsal view right valve 1
Specimen above was purchased as a reference specimen as the species is potentially a rafting species and may arrive in the UK on flotsam from the Gulf of Mexico and the SE coast of the United States of America.
This particular example was collected by Steve Rosenthal at Algiers Beach, Gulfside city park, Sanibel Is., Florida, USA. 02.07.98.
The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help
people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.