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

Clavagella
Temporal range: 72.1–0 Ma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Family: Clavagellidae
Genus: Clavagella
Blainville 1817[1]
Species

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Synonyms

Bacilia Gray, 1858

Taxonomy

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Fossil species

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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.[2] The type specimen (number MNHN.F.R53841) is kept at the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle. H de Blainville AG Desmarest (ed.) 9, 151, 1817
  2. ^ Collignon (M.), 1971 - Gastéropodes et Lamellibranches du Sahara. Annales de Paléontologie, t. 57, vol. 2, p. 145-202
  3. ^ C. elegans at Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
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