Bivalvia - Pandorida - Clavagellidae
Synonyms: Aspergillidae Gray 1858, Humphreyiidae Gray 1858
Parent taxon: Clavagelloidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxon: Penicillidae
Subtaxa: Ascaulocardium Aspergillum Brechitinae Bryopa Bryopinae Clavagella Dacosta Dianadema Parastirpulina Penicillinae Stirpulina
Type: Clavagella
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Greece (2), Spain (1)
• Miocene of Australia (3), Brazil (1), Germany (1), Malta (1), New Zealand (3), Slovakia (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (2), Austria (1), Hungary (1)
• Eocene of Australia (2), France (1), Germany (1), New Zealand (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (1: Florida)
• Paleocene of Belgium (4), France (1), Germany (1)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1), France (1), India (1), United States (28: Alabama, California, Delaware, Mississippi, New Jersey, Tennessee)
Total: 72 collections including 76 occurrences