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Penicillidae Gray, 1858
Genus Brechites Guettard, 1770
Genus Foegia Gray, 1842
Genus Humphreyia Gray, 1858
Genus Kendrickiana B. Morton, 2004
Genus Nipponoclava B. J. Smith, 1976
Genus Aquaria Perry, 1811 accepted as Penicillus Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Verpa Röding, 1798
Genus Penicillus Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Verpa Röding, 1798 (Invalid: junior homonym of Penicillus Guettard, 1770 [Polychaeta])
Genus Foegia Gray, 1842
Genus Humphreyia Gray, 1858
Genus Kendrickiana B. Morton, 2004
Genus Nipponoclava B. J. Smith, 1976
Genus Aquaria Perry, 1811 accepted as Penicillus Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Verpa Röding, 1798
Genus Penicillus Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Verpa Röding, 1798 (Invalid: junior homonym of Penicillus Guettard, 1770 [Polychaeta])
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Taxonomy In his overview paper, Morton (2007) separated off a family Penicillidae for Penicillus, Brechites, Foegia, Nipponoclava,...
Taxonomy In his overview paper, Morton (2007) separated off a family Penicillidae for Penicillus, Brechites, Foegia, Nipponoclava, Kendrickiana and Humphreyia, from the Clavagellidae containing the extinct genus Clavagella and the extant genera Dacosta, Bryopa, Dianadema and Stirpulina. The tube or "crypt" in which these taxa live in the sediment, or attached to shells, etc., is formed in quite different ways in the two families, and Morton (2007) suggested that they evolved from distinct lyonsiid ancestors. This view is disregarded by Huber (2010) who finds this splitting exaggerated and considers all the Clavagellidae sensu Morton (2007) as subgenera of Clavagella Lamarck, 1818. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Penicillidae Gray, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=518819 on 2020-09-25
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Morton B. 2007. The evolution of the watering pot shells (Bivalvia, Anomalodesmata: Clavagellidae and Penicillidae). <i>Records of the Western Australian Museum</i> 24: 19-64. [details]
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Taxonomy In his overview paper, Morton (2007) separated off a family Penicillidae for Penicillus, Brechites, Foegia, Nipponoclava, Kendrickiana and Humphreyia, from the Clavagellidae containing the extinct genus Clavagella and the extant genera Dacosta, Bryopa, Dianadema and Stirpulina. The tube or "crypt" in which these taxa live in the sediment, or attached to shells, etc., is formed in quite different ways in the two families, and Morton (2007) suggested that they evolved from distinct lyonsiid ancestors. This view is disregarded by Huber (2010) who finds this splitting exaggerated and considers all the Clavagellidae sensu Morton (2007) as subgenera of Clavagella Lamarck, 1818. [details]
