Clausinella is a genus of marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae.[1]

Clausinella
Clausinella scalaris
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Clausinella
J. E. Gray, 1851
Species

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Fossil record

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Fossils of Clausinella are found in marine strata from the Eocene to the Quaternary (age range: from 48.6 to 0 million years ago). Fossils are known from many localities in Europe, Argentina, Brazil, Morocco, Yemen, Australia, India and Indonesia.[2]

 
Fossil of Clausinella scalaris

Species

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Species within this genus include:[3]

Species Clausinella gayi L.-H. Hupé, 1854 has been designated a synonym of Tawera elliptica (Lamarck, 1818)

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