Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Alternative spellings: Clava (Ochetoclava), Ochetoclava
Parent taxon: Rhinoclavis according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Clark and Durham 1946, Hoerle 1972, Mansfield 1940 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Rhinoclavis (Hopkinsiana), Rhinoclavis (Longicerithium), 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, Vertagus kachhensis, Cerithium (Vertagus) rudloffi, Vertagus oligoasper, Clava aspera, Clava (Clava), Clava (Striovertagus), Clava alajuela, Clava (Pseudovertagus), Clava (Semivertagus), Clava (Clavocerithium), Clava costaricana, Clava plebeia
Subtaxa: Clava (Ochetoclava) perduensis Clava (Ochetoclava) vincta Clava (Ochetoclava) watsonensis Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) chipolana Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) gemmata
Type: Cerithium gemmatum
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida, Hawaii collections)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (6), Jamaica (6), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (9)
• Miocene of Brazil (1), Colombia (18), the Dominican Republic (49), Grenada (2), Japan (2), Panama (4), United States (28: Florida), Venezuela (3)
• Oligocene of United States (2: Alabama)
• Eocene of Colombia (1), United States (2: Florida)
Total: 137 collections including 142 occurrences