Clavagellidae
| Clavagellidae | |
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| Brechites attrahens, a species of the family Clavagellidae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalve |
| Order: | Pholadomyoida |
| Family: | Clavagellidae d'Orbigny, 1843 |
| Genera | |
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Clavagellidae is a family of very unusual marine bivalves of the Order Pholadomyoida. It contains fourteen species in one genus.
Genera and species
- Genus Brechites (Guettard), 1770
- Brechites attrahens
- Brechites brechites
- Brechites dichotomus
- Brechites giganteus
- Brechites javanus
- Brechites penis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Brechites philippinensis (Chenu, 1842)
- Brechites pulchrum
- Brechites pyriformis
- Brechites radix (Gray, 1858)
- Brechites ramosus
- Brechites sparsus
- Brechites strangulatus
- Brechites vaginiferus (Lamarck, 1818)
- Brechites veitchi
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External links
References
- S Peter Dance, Shells Dorling Kindersley Ltd, London 1992 ISBN 0-86318-811-7
- Brechites species
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