Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Alternative spellings: Drillia (Clavus), Pleurotoma (Clavus)
Synonyms: Clavicantha Swainson 1840, Eldridgea Bartsch 1934
Parent taxon: Drilliidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2011
See also Baluk 2003, Durham 1944, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Hendy 2007, Hendy et al. 2008, Sepkoski 2002 and Wilson 1994
Sister taxa: Agladrillia, Clathrodrillia, Crassopleura, Cymatosyrinx, Drillia, Neodrillia, Spirotropis, Splendrillia, Stenodrillia, Syntomodrillia, Pseudoinquisitor, Chesaclava
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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