Clausinella
Clausinella is a genus of marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae.[1]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Heterodonta |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Clausinella J. E. Gray, 1851 |
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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)
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