Biology:Clavagella
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Short description: Genus of bivalves
Clavagella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Family: | Clavagellidae |
Genus: | Clavagella Blainville 1817[1] |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
Bacilia Gray, 1858 |
Clavagella is a genus of marine bivalves in the family Clavagellidae.
Taxonomy
Subgenera:
- Clavagella (Bryopa) (Gray 1847)
- Clavagella (Clavagella) Blainville 1817
- Clavagella (Dacosta) Gray 1858
Species:
- †Clavagella elegans Müller, 1859
- Clavagella liratum (Tate, 1887)
- Clavagella melitensis
- Clavagella primigenia Deshayes 1857
Fossil species
The genus is also represented in the fossil record.
Clavagella elegans is from the Campanian-Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) of Tinrhert in the Sahara province of Algeria.[2] The type specimen (number MNHN.F.R53841) is kept at the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.[3]
References
- ↑ Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle. H de Blainville AG Desmarest (ed.) 9, 151, 1817
- ↑ Collignon (M.), 1971 - Gastéropodes et Lamellibranches du Sahara. Annales de Paléontologie, t. 57, vol. 2, p. 145-202
- ↑ C. elegans at Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q21214474 entry
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