Stirpulina Stoliczka 1870 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pandorida - Clavagellidae

Alternative spelling: Clavagella (Stirpulina)

Parent taxon: Clavagellidae according to L. E. Anelli et al. 2006

See also Cox et al. 1969 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Ascaulocardium, Brechites, Brechitinae, Bryopinae, Clavagella, Humphreyia, Penicillinae, Penicillus, Cryptocolax, Aspergillum

Subtaxa: Stirpulina coronata Stirpulina saulae Stirpulina veronensis Stirpulina vicentina

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Type: Clavagella coronata

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Spain (1 collection)

• Miocene of Germany (1), Slovakia (1)

• Oligocene of Austria (1)

• Eocene of Australia (1), France (1), Germany (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (9)

• Cretaceous of Algeria (1), United States (2: California)

Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence

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