Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Alternative combination: Fusus tateanus
Full reference: R. Tate. 1888. The gastropods of the older Tertiary of Australia (Part 1). Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Australia 10:91-171
Belongs to Austrolithes according to T. A. Darragh 1970
See also Tate 1888
Sister taxa: Clavilithes (Clavilithes), Clavilithes (Cosmolithes), Clavilithes (Rhopalites), Clavilithes arakanensis, Clavilithes atahuallpai, Clavilithes burtti, Clavilithes californicus, Clavilithes cossmanni, Clavilithes dameriacensis, Clavilithes hagni, Clavilithes harrisi, Clavilithes harrisii, Clavilithes hubbardanus, Clavilithes incertus, Clavilithes inopinatus, Clavilithes lagunitensis, Clavilithes leilanensis, Clavilithes noae, Clavilithes noetlingi, Clavilithes pacificus, Clavilithes parisiensis, Clavilithes peruvianus, Clavilithes pozoensis, Clavilithes songoensis, Clavilithes tabulatus, Clavilithes tjaringinensis, Clavilithes tjidamarensis, Clavilithes woodringi, Rhopalithes bolivarensis, Clavilithes (Rhopalithes) superbus, Clavilithes (Rhopalithes) toyei, Austrolithes bulbodes, Austrolithes incompositus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Table Cape, Tasmania (inc. Freestone Cove Sst and Fossil Bluff Sst) (Miocene of Australia)
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