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, Aspergillum
Subtaxa: Stirpulina coronata Stirpulina saulae Stirpulina veronensis Stirpulina vicentina
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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