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Clavagellidae

Bivalvia - Pandorida - Clavagellidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Clavagellidae d'Orbigny
1858Aspergillidae Gray
1858Humphreyiidae Gray
1965Clavagellidae Newell p. 21
1980Clavagellidae Vokes p. 214
2006Clavagellidae Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 231
2009Clavagellidae Nevesskaja
2010Clavagellidae Bouchet et al.
2011Clavagellidae Carter et al. p. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—PoromyataRidewood 1903
orderPandoridaStewart 1930
superfamilyClavagelloidea(d'Orbigny 1844)
familyClavagellidaed'Orbigny 1843
familyClavagellidaed'Orbigny 1843

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Clavagellidae d'Orbigny 1843
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G. †Ascaulocardium Pojeta and N. F. 1987
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†Ascaulocardium armatum Morton 1833
G. Brechites Guettard 1770 [watering pot shell]
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Subg. †Brechites (Brechites) Guettard 1770
G. Clavagella Blainville 1817
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Subg. Clavagella (Bryopa) Gray 1847
Subg. †Clavagella (Clavagella) Blainville 1817
Subg. †Clavagella (Dacosta) Gray 1858
†Clavagella armata Morton 1833
Clavagella echinata Lamarck 1818
†Clavagella liratum Tate 1887
†Clavagella primigenia Deshayes 1857
†Clavagella semisulcata Forbes 1846
G. Humphreyia Gray 1858
G. Penicillus Bruguière 1789
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Subg. Penicillus (Foegia) Gray 1847
Subg. †Penicillus (Penicillus) Bruguière 1789
Subg. †Penicillus (Pseudobrechites) Magne 1941
Subg. Penicillus (Warnea) Gray 1858
G. Stirpulina Stoliczka 1870
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†Stirpulina coronata Deshayes 1824
†Stirpulina saulae Stallwood 1995
†Stirpulina veronensis Savazzi 1982
†Stirpulina vicentina Savazzi 1982
Invalid names: Aspergillidae Gray 1858 [replaced], Brechitinae Stoliczka 1870 [empty], Bryopinae Tryon 1862 [empty], Humphreyiidae Gray 1858 [synonym], Penicillinae Gray 1858 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:33:36
Modified: 2010-02-12 03:59:35
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Turonian to the top of the Holocene or 93.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 89.3 Ma

Collections (75 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (California) Stirpulina saulae (220941 221121)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6USA (Alabama) Clavagella armata (37831)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) Clavagella armata (46566)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) Clavagella armata (88610)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) Ascaulocardium armatum (32139 32140 32141 32142) Ascaulocardium sp. (6660)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) Clavagella armata (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) Clavagella armata (6171 6176)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) Ascaulocardium sp. (6666)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) Clavagella armata (3877)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Ascaulocardium armatum (1313)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India Clavagella semisulcata (1351)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0France (Normandy) Clavagella ligeriensis (1325)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Ascaulocardium armatum (1308)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Clavagella armata (205445)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Algeria Stirpulina elegans (1344)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Ascaulocardium armatum (1305) Ascaulocardium sp., Ascaulocardium armatum (1304)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Clavagella armata (4248)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Clavagella sp. (4147 4157 4161)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Clavagella armata (4180 4182 4186 4205)
Danian66.0 - 61.6France Clavagella sp. (20816)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium Clavagella sp. (22931 26879 26890 26891)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Germany Clavagella sp. (3114)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Clavagella coronata (42583)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Clavagella coronata (3258)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Clavagella coronata (8124)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9Ukraine (Dnepropetrovsk) Clavagella polyophophora, Clavagella insulana, Clavagella suborbiculata (47039)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Clavagella coronata (3494)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Clavagella coronata (42636 42639)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) Clavagella sp. (32920)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) Clavagella coronata (10703)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Clavagella coronata (42584 42585 42586 42640)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Australia (Western Australia) Stirpulina pallinupense (48441)
Runangan36.0 - 34.3New Zealand Clavagella sp. (64815)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) Clavagella majorina (71238)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Hungary Clavagella oblita (8211)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Austria (Upper Austria) Clavagella oblita (55237)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) Clavagella majorina (71239)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Clavagella bacillum (62882)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Clavagella echinata (65162)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97New Zealand (Dannevirke) Clavagella sp. (35654)
Otaian - Altonian21.7 - 15.9New Zealand Clavagella oamarutica, Clavagella sp. (77489)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Clavagella omarutica (205330)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia Clavagella bacillum (73137)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) Penicillus sp. (42339 42388)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Australia (South Australia) Humphreyia strangei (63433)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Malta Clavagella sp. (131977)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece Clavagella baccilum (72318)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain (Sevilla) Clavagela sp. (123585)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Greece Clavagella baccilum (72414)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Taiwan Brechites sp. (96336)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Eritrea Brechites vaginifer (101415)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Yemen Brechites vaginifer (55371)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Penicillus ramosus (96945)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Brechites australis (63321)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Puerto Rico Penicillus sp. (165252)