Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Alternative spelling: Clavocerithium
Parent taxon: Clava according to T. Shuto 1978
See also Darragh 2017 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Rhinoclavis (Hopkinsiana), Rhinoclavis (Longicerithium), Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava), Rhinoclavis (Proclava), Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis), 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 costaricana, Clava (Pseudovertagus), Clava (Semivertagus), Clava alajuela, Clava (Clava), Clava plebeia, Clava (Striovertagus), Clava aspera, Vertagus kachhensis, Cerithium (Vertagus) rudloffi, Vertagus oligoasper
Subtaxa: Clavocerithium (Indocerithium) Clavocerithium kendricki Clavocerithium santana
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (17: California collections)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Italy (1)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Alabama)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence