Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Alternative spellings: Drillia (Clavus), Pleurotoma (Clavus)
Parent taxon: Drilliidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2011
See also Baluk 2003, Durham 1944, Hendy 2007, Hendy et al. 2008, Sepkoski 2002 and Wilson 1994
Sister taxa: Agladrillia, Cymatosyrinx, Drillia, Splendrillia, Syntomodrillia, Pseudoinquisitor, Hindsiclava, Sediliopsis, Antimelatoma, Darbya, Crassopleura, Spirotropis, Clathrodrillia, Chesaclava, Suavodrillia, Stenodrillia
Subtaxa: Clavus canalicularis Clavus laetus Clavus unizonalis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Vanuatu (1 collection)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (2)
• Pliocene of Japan (1), Papua New Guinea (1), Vanuatu (1)
• Miocene of Chile (1), Indonesia (5), Italy (1), Japan (1), New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of Hungary (1)
• Eocene of Bulgaria (2), United States (2: Washington)
Total: 20 collections including 24 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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