''Clavagella'' is a genus of marine
bivalves
Bivalvia () or bivalves, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of aquatic molluscs (marine and freshwater) that have laterally compressed soft bodies enclosed by a calcified exoskeleton consis ...
in the family
Clavagellidae
Clavagellidae is a family of very unusual marine bivalves of the order Anomalodesmata.
Genera and species
* †'' Ascaulocardium'' Pojeta and N. F 1987
* '' Brechites'' Guettard 1770
** '' Brechites attrahens''
** '' Brechites brechites''
** ' ...
.
Taxonomy
Subgenera:
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Clavagella (Bryopa)
''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 ...
'' (Gray 1847)
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Clavagella (Clavagella)
''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 e ...
'' Blainville 1817
*''
Clavagella (Dacosta)
''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 el ...
'' Gray 1858
Species:
*†''Clavagella elegans'' Müller, 1859
*''
Clavagella liratum'' (Tate, 1887)
*''
Clavagella melitensis''
*''
Clavagella primigenia
''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 ...
'' Deshayes 1857
Fossil species
The genus is also represented in the fossil record.
''Clavagella elegans'' is from the
Campanian
The Campanian is the fifth of six ages of the Late Cretaceous epoch on the geologic timescale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS). In chronostratigraphy, it is the fifth of six stages in the Upper Cretaceous Series. Campa ...
-
Maastrichtian
The Maastrichtian ( ) is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) geologic timescale, the latest age (geology), age (uppermost stage (stratigraphy), stage) of the Late Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch or Upper Cretaceous series (s ...
(Upper Cretaceous) of
Tinrhert in the Sahara province of Algeria. The type specimen (number MNHN.F.R53841) is kept at the
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle
The French National Museum of Natural History ( ; abbr. MNHN) is the national natural history museum of France and a of higher education part of Sorbonne University. The main museum, with four galleries, is located in Paris, France, within the Ja ...
in Paris.
''C. elegans'' at Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
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References
External links
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Clavagellidae
Bivalve genera
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