Clavagellidae
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Clavagellidae is a family of very unusual marine bivalves of the Pholadomyoida order. The tiny bivalve creates a calcareous tube with the embryonic valves attached to its outer surface. At the base is a perforated, raised disc, fringed with small tubes, which is normally buried in sand while the other end protrudes above it. The life history of these strange warm-water molluscs is almost completely unknown.
[edit] Genera and species
- Genus Penicillus Fleming, 1948
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[edit] References
- Penicillus (TSN 6949). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- S Peter Dance, Shells Dorling Kindersley Ltd, London 1992 ISBN 0-86318-811-7
