Clavagella Explained

Clavagella is a genus of marine bivalves in the family Clavagellidae.

Taxonomy

Subgenera:

• Clavagella (Bryopa) (Gray 1847)
• Clavagella (Clavagella) Blainville 1817
• Clavagella (Dacosta) Gray 1858

Species:

• †Clavagella elegans Müller, 1859
• Clavagella liratum (Tate, 1887)
• Clavagella melitensis
• Clavagella primigenia Deshayes 1857

Fossil species

The genus is also represented in the fossil record.

Clavagella elegans is from the Campanian-Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) of Tinrhert in the Sahara province of Algeria.^[1] The type specimen (number MNHN.F.R53841) is kept at the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Collignon (M.), 1971 - Gastéropodes et Lamellibranches du Sahara. Annales de Paléontologie, t. 57, vol. 2, p. 145-202
2. https://science.mnhn.fr/taxon/species/clavagella/elegans#muller%2C_1859 C. elegans at Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris