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Clavipholas
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Heterodonta
Order:
Myoida
Suborder:
Pholadina
Superfamily:
Pholadacea
Family:
Pholadidae (piddocks)
Subfamily:
Pholadinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Clavipholas CONRAD, 1868, p. 728
Type Species:
Pholas pectorosa CONRAD, 1852, p. 200, OD
Images
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Fig. E171,1. *C. pectorosa (Conrad), USA(N.J.), 1 a, b, dorsal and lat. views of holotype, X1.5 (889).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.
Beginning International Stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
100.5
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.
Ending International Stage:
Maastrichtian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
66.04
Description
Shell elongate, subtrigonal in outline, gaping slightly anteriorly, gape apparently closed by callum in adult, umbonal-ventral ridge and sulcus present, narrow and extending in sinuous curve from umbo to ventral margin.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Heterodonta
Order:
Myoida
Suborder:
Pholadina
Superfamily:
Pholadacea
Family:
Pholadidae (piddocks)
Subfamily:
Pholadinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Clavipholas CONRAD, 1868, p. 728
Type Species:
Pholas pectorosa CONRAD, 1852, p. 200, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. E171,1. *C. pectorosa (Conrad), USA(N.J.), 1 a, b, dorsal and lat. views of holotype, X1.5 (889).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.
Beginning International Stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
100.5
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.
Ending International Stage:
Maastrichtian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
66.04
Description
Shell elongate, subtrigonal in outline, gaping slightly anteriorly, gape apparently closed by callum in adult, umbonal-ventral ridge and sulcus present, narrow and extending in sinuous curve from umbo to ventral margin.