Clavagella is a genus of marine bivalves in the family Clavagellidae.
Taxonomy Subgenera:
Clavagella (Bryopa) (Gray 1847) Clavagella (Clavagella) Blainville 1817 Clavagella (Dacosta) Gray 1858
Species:
†Clavagella elegans Müller, 1859 Clavagella liratum (Tate, 1887) Clavagella melitensis Clavagella primigenia Deshayes 1857
Fossil species 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.Collignon (M.), 1971 - Gastéropodes et Lamellibranches du Sahara. Annales de Paléontologie, t. 57, vol. 2, p. 145-202 The type specimen (number MNHN.F.R53841) is kept at the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.C. elegans at Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
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