Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Tunicata > Class Ascidiacea > Order Aplousobranchia > Family Clavelinidae

Clavelina Savigny, 1816

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bradiclavella*	Zirpolo, 1925	synonym

Children

Clavelina borealis Savigny, 1816
Clavelina dellavallei (Zirpolo, 1925)
Clavelina lepadiformis (Müller, 1776)
Clavelina oblonga Herdman, 1880
Clavelina sabbadini Brunetti, 1987

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ツツボヤ属

Literature

original description	Savigny, J. C. (1816). Recherches anatomiques sur les ascidies composées et sur les ascidies simples - Système de la classe des Ascidies. In: Mémoires sur les Animaux sans Vertèbres 2. Paris: G. Dufour. 1-229.
basis of record	Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidiacea & Sorberacea. In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 352-355.
additional source	Sanamyan, K. (2007). Database of extant Ascidiacea. Version of 2 November 2007.
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Clavelina Savigny, 1816. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103453