Family Penicillidae Gray 1858 (clam)
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Penicillidae
Parent taxon: Clavagelloidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010
Sister taxon: Clavagellidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Penicillidae in the database