Clausinella
| Clausinella | |
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| Clausinella scalaris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Veneroida |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Clausinella J. E. Gray, 1851 |
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 gayi L.-H. Hupé, 1854 - synonym of Tawera elliptica (Lamarck, 1818)
- † Clausinella scalaris (H.G. Bronn, 1831) [4]
References
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