WoRMS taxon details
Clavagelloidea A. d'Orbigny, 1844
489109 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:489109)
accepted
Superfamily
- Family Clavagellidae A. d'Orbigny, 1844
- Family Penicillidae J. E. Gray, 1858
- Family Aspergillidae Burmeister, 1837 accepted as Penicillidae J. E. Gray, 1858 (nomen oblitum)
- Family Brechitinae Stoliczka, 1870 accepted as Penicillidae J. E. Gray, 1858 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Family Bryopinae Tryon, 1862 accepted as Clavagellidae A. d'Orbigny, 1844
- Family Humphreyiidae J. E. Gray, 1858 accepted as Penicillidae J. E. Gray, 1858 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1844-1848). <i>Paléontologie française. Description zoologique et géologique de tous les animaux Mollusques et Rayonnés fossiles de France. Terrains crétacés</i>. Volume 3. Pelecypoda. 807 pp, Victor Masson, Paris (1-288 [1844]; 289-480 [1845]; 481-512 [1846]; 513-688 [1847]; 689-807 [1848]). , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/73207
page(s): 14 [1844], 299 [1845]; note: as Clavagelidae [details]
(of Clavagellidae A. d'Orbigny, 1844) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1844-1848). <i>Paléontologie française. Description zoologique et géologique de tous les animaux Mollusques et Rayonnés fossiles de France. Terrains crétacés</i>. Volume 3. Pelecypoda. 807 pp, Victor Masson, Paris (1-288 [1844]; 289-480 [1845]; 481-512 [1846]; 513-688 [1847]; 689-807 [1848]). , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/73207
page(s): 14 [1844], 299 [1845]; note: spelled Clavagelidae [details]
page(s): 14 [1844], 299 [1845]; note: as Clavagelidae [details]
(of Clavagellidae A. d'Orbigny, 1844) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1844-1848). <i>Paléontologie française. Description zoologique et géologique de tous les animaux Mollusques et Rayonnés fossiles de France. Terrains crétacés</i>. Volume 3. Pelecypoda. 807 pp, Victor Masson, Paris (1-288 [1844]; 289-480 [1845]; 481-512 [1846]; 513-688 [1847]; 689-807 [1848]). , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/73207
page(s): 14 [1844], 299 [1845]; note: spelled Clavagelidae [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Clavagelloidea A. d'Orbigny, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=489109 on 2025-07-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1844-1848). <i>Paléontologie française. Description zoologique et géologique de tous les animaux Mollusques et Rayonnés fossiles de France. Terrains crétacés</i>. Volume 3. Pelecypoda. 807 pp, Victor Masson, Paris (1-288 [1844]; 289-480 [1845]; 481-512 [1846]; 513-688 [1847]; 689-807 [1848]). , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/73207
page(s): 14 [1844], 299 [1845]; note: as Clavagelidae [details]
original description (of Clavagellidae A. d'Orbigny, 1844) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1844-1848). <i>Paléontologie française. Description zoologique et géologique de tous les animaux Mollusques et Rayonnés fossiles de France. Terrains crétacés</i>. Volume 3. Pelecypoda. 807 pp, Victor Masson, Paris (1-288 [1844]; 289-480 [1845]; 481-512 [1846]; 513-688 [1847]; 689-807 [1848]). , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/73207
page(s): 14 [1844], 299 [1845]; note: spelled Clavagelidae [details]
basis of record Morton, B. & Machado, F.M. (2021). The origins, relationships, evolution and conservation of the weirdest marine bivalves: The watering pot shells. A review. <em>Advances in Marine Biology.</em> 88: 137-220., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.amb.2021.03.001 [details]
page(s): 14 [1844], 299 [1845]; note: as Clavagelidae [details]
original description (of Clavagellidae A. d'Orbigny, 1844) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1844-1848). <i>Paléontologie française. Description zoologique et géologique de tous les animaux Mollusques et Rayonnés fossiles de France. Terrains crétacés</i>. Volume 3. Pelecypoda. 807 pp, Victor Masson, Paris (1-288 [1844]; 289-480 [1845]; 481-512 [1846]; 513-688 [1847]; 689-807 [1848]). , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/73207
page(s): 14 [1844], 299 [1845]; note: spelled Clavagelidae [details]
basis of record Morton, B. & Machado, F.M. (2021). The origins, relationships, evolution and conservation of the weirdest marine bivalves: The watering pot shells. A review. <em>Advances in Marine Biology.</em> 88: 137-220., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.amb.2021.03.001 [details]
Other
additional source
Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]
additional source Morton, B. (2007). The evolution of the watering pot shells (Bivalvia, Anomalodesmata: Clavagellidae and Penicillidae). <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> 24 (1): 19-64., available online at https://doi.org/10.18195/issn.0312-3162.24(1).2007.019-064 [details]
additional source Morton, B. (2007). The evolution of the watering pot shells (Bivalvia, Anomalodesmata: Clavagellidae and Penicillidae). <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> 24 (1): 19-64., available online at https://doi.org/10.18195/issn.0312-3162.24(1).2007.019-064 [details]
From editor or global species database
Classification Listed in a self-standing superfamily Clavagelloidea by Bieler, Carter & Coan (2010) but there is convincing evidence (Carter, 1978; Morton 2007, 2009) that the Clavagellidae and Penicillidae were derived from the Lyonsiidae, bringing into question the superfamily Clavagelloidea. [details]
