Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Parent taxon: Rhinoclavis according to A. J. W. Hendy 2007
See also Ladd 1972
Sister taxa: Rhinoclavis (Hopkinsiana), Rhinoclavis (Longicerithium), Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava), Rhinoclavis (Proclava), Rhinoclavis ampullosa, Rhinoclavis articulata, Rhinoclavis aspera, Rhinoclavis bituberculata, Rhinoclavis brettinghami, Rhinoclavis fasciata, Rhinoclavis kochi, Rhinoclavis orditus, Rhinoclavis sinensis, Rhinoclavis submelanoides, Rhinoclavis vertagus, Rhinoclavis voglinoi, Clava (Clavocerithium), Clava plebeia, Clava (Semivertagus), Clava costaricana, Clava aspera, Clava alajuela, Clava (Clava), Clava (Striovertagus), Clava (Pseudovertagus), Cerithium (Vertagus) rudloffi, Vertagus oligoasper, Vertagus kachhensis
Subtaxa: Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) aspera Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) bonneti Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) fasciata
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (2 collections), Eritrea (2), Guam (2), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Sudan (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Guam (1)
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1), Pakistan (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (5)
• Miocene of Australia (2), Fiji (1), India (1), Indonesia (3), the Marshall Islands (4)
Total: 29 collections including 36 occurrences