Penicillus Bruguière 1789 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Pandorida - Clavagellidae
Parent taxon: Clavagellidae according to L. R. Cox et al. 1969
See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ascaulocardium, Brechites, Brechitinae, Bryopinae, Clavagella, Humphreyia, Penicillinae, Stirpulina, Aspergillum
Subtaxa: Penicillus (Foegia) Penicillus (Penicillus) Penicillus (Pseudobrechites) Penicillus (Warnea)
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection), Puerto Rico (1)
• Miocene of Indonesia (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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