Clavagellidae
Encyclopedia
Clavagellidae is a family
of very unusual marine
bivalves of the Pholadomyoida
order
. It contains two genera
.
Family (biology)
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of very unusual marine
Marine (ocean)
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bivalves of the Pholadomyoida
Pholadomyoida
Pholadomyoida is an order of bivalve molluscs. It is the sole member of the subclass Anomalosdesmata. Their shells are of equal size, as are the muscles that hold them closed, and the margins at the hinges are thickened...
order
Order (biology)
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. It contains two genera
Genera
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.
Genera and species
- Genus Brechites (Guettard), 1770
- Brechites attrahens
- Brechites brechites
- Brechites dichotomus
- Brechites giganteus
- Brechites javanum
- Brechites javanus
- Brechites penis Linnaeus, 1758
- Brechites pulchrum
- Brechites ramosus
- Brechites sparsus
- Brechites strangulatus
- Brechites vaganiferum
- Brechites vaginiferus (Chenu, 1843)
- Brechites veitchi
- Genus Penicillus Fleming, 1948
- Penicillus penis Linnaeus, 1758
- Penicillus pyriformis
- Penicillus radix Gray, 1858
- Penicillus strangulatus Chenu, 1843
- Penicillus vaginiferus Lamarck, 1818