Clavagellidae is a family of very unusual marine bivalves of the order Anomalodesmata.
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| Brechites attrahens, a species of the family Clavagellidae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Superfamily: | Clavagelloidea |
| Family: | Clavagellidae d'Orbigny, 1843 |
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Genera and species
edit- †Ascaulocardium Pojeta and N. F 1987
- Brechites Guettard 1770
- Brechites attrahens
- Brechites brechites
- Brechites dichotomus
- Brechites giganteus
- Brechites javanus
- Brechites penis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Brechites philippinensis (Chenu, 1842)
- Brechites pulchrum
- Brechites pyriformis
- Brechites radix (Gray, 1858)
- Brechites ramosus
- Brechites sparsus
- Brechites strangulatus
- Brechites vaginiferus (Lamarck, 1818)
- Brechites veitchi
- Clavagella Blainville 1817
- Humphreyia Gray 1858
- Penicillus Bruguière 1789
- †Stirpulina Stoliczka 1870
References
edit- S Peter Dance, Shells Dorling Kindersley Ltd, London 1992 ISBN 0-86318-811-7
- Brechites species