Bivalvia - Pandorida - Clavagellidae
Parent taxon: Clavagellidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2010
See also Cox et al. 1969, Jones and Nicol 1989, Maxwell 1978, Morton 2007, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980 and Wienrich 1999
Sister taxa: Ascaulocardium, Brechitinae, Bryopa, Bryopinae, Dacosta, Dianadema, Parastirpulina, Penicillinae, Stirpulina, Aspergillum
Subtaxa: Clavagella (Clavagella) Clavagella armata Clavagella echinata Clavagella primigenia Clavagella semisulcata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Greece (2 collections)
• Miocene of Australia (2), Brazil (1), Malta (1), New Zealand (3)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), Hungary (1)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1), Ukraine (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Paleocene of Belgium (4), France (1), Germany (1)
• Cretaceous of France (1), India (1), United States (16: Alabama, Delaware, Mississippi, New Jersey, Tennessee)
Total: 39 collections including 41 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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