Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Alternative spelling: Fusus (Clavilithes)
Invalid subtaxa: Austrolithes Finlay 1931, Clavella Swainson 1835 [replaced name], Clavilithes (Rhopalithes) Grabau 1904 [objective synonym], Fusus (Clavella) Swainson 1835 [replaced name], Rhopalithes Grabau 1904 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Fusininae according to M. A. Snyder 2003
See also Abbass 1967, Adegoke 1977, Beu and Marshall 2011, Conrad 1856, Darragh 2017, Givens and Kennedy 1976, Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983, Harris and Palmer 1947, Marasti 1973, Maury 1912, Mukerjee 1939, Newton 1922, Oostingh 1935, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Sepkoski 2002, Snyder 1999, Squires 1983, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires 1988, Squires and Demetrion 1992, Swainson 1840 and Woods 1922
Sister taxa: Africolithes, Anomalofusus, Aptyxis, Araiofusus, Buccinofusus, Cyrtulus, Falsicolus, Falsifusus, Fredenia, Fusinus, Glaphyrina, Granulifusus, Harasewychia, Heilprinia, Hesperaptyxis, Lamarckofusus, Lepidocolus, Ollaphon, Perrilliata, Priscofusus, Profusinus, Pseudoaptyxis, Pullincola, Remera, Solutofusus, Streptochetus, Streptodictyon, Taioma, Tectifusus, Trophonofusus
Subtaxa: Austrolithes bulbodes Austrolithes incompositus Austrolithes tateanus Clavella (Clavilithes) Clavella californica Clavella hauniensis Clavilithes (Clavilithes) Clavilithes (Cosmolithes) Clavilithes (Rhopalites) Clavilithes (Rhopalithes) superbus Clavilithes (Rhopalithes) toyei 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
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (2 collections), India (1), Indonesia (4), Italy (1), Myanmar (1), Peru (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), United States (5: Mississippi)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Belgium (2), Bulgaria (1), Colombia (2), Croatia (2), Egypt (1), France (8), Germany (1), India (1), Italy (2), Mexico (2), Myanmar (1), Peru (4), Romania (5), Saudi Arabia (1), Senegal (1), Spain (11), the United Kingdom (13), United States (135: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas)
• Paleocene of Austria (1), Belgium (1), Denmark (1), France (1), Nigeria (1), Poland (4), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (5: Alabama, Mississippi, New Jersey, Texas)
Total: 225 collections including 305 occurrences
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