Humphreyia Gray 1858 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pandorida - Clavagellidae

Alternative spelling: Aspergillum (Humphreyia)

Parent taxon: Clavagellidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Cox et al. 1969, Lamprell and Healy 1998 and Tate 1887

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

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Dry Creek Sands - Dry Creek Bore, Adelaide (Miocene of Australia)

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