†Clavicosta Newell 1938 (clam)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Full reference: N. D. Newell. 1938. Late Paleozoic pelecypods: Pectinacea. University of Kansas Publications, State Geological Survey of Kansas 10(1):1-123
Parent taxon: Aviculopectinidae according to N. D. Newell 1938
Sister taxa: Aviculopecten, Aviculopectininae, Chaenocardiinae, Crenipecten, Echiniferipectininae, Euchondriinae, Fasciculiconcha, Hayasakapectininae, Imoella, Marinopecten, Neopecten, Paradoxipecten, Primahinnites, Spyridopectininae
Subtaxa: Clavicosta dashizhaiensis, Clavicosta echinata, Clavicosta rugatula, Clavicosta wuchangensis
Type: Clavicosta echinata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder