Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Bivalvia
Subclassis: Heterodonta
Ordo: Veneroida
Superfamilia: Veneroidea
Familia: Veneridae
Genus: Clausinella
Species: C. brogniarti – C. fasciata – C. foliacea – C. gayi – C. punctigera
Name
Clausinella Gray, 1851
References
Links
Clausinella in the World Register of Marine Species
Clausinella is a genus of marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae.[1]
Fossil record
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
Species within this genus include:[3]
Clausinella fasciata da Costa, 1778
Clausinella punctigera (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906)
†Clausinella scalaris (H.G. Bronn, 1831)[4]
Species Clausinella gayi L.-H. Hupé, 1854 has been designated a synonym of Tawera elliptica (Lamarck, 1818)
References
Biolib
Paleobiology Database
Worms
WMSD
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