- Clavagellidae
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Clavagellidae Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalve Order: Pholadomyoida Family: Clavagellidae
d'Orbigny, 1843Genera 2, see text.
Clavagellidae is a family of very unusual marine bivalves of the Pholadomyoida order. It contains two genera.
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
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References
- "Penicillus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=6949.
- S Peter Dance, Shells Dorling Kindersley Ltd, London 1992 ISBN 0-86318-811-7
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- Brechites species
Categories: - Genus Brechites (Guettard), 1770
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