Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Alternative spellings: Pseudovertagus, Rhinoclavis (Pseudovertagus)
Parent taxon: Clava according to J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard 1995
See also Darragh 2017, Ladd 1972, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1987 and Wilson 1993
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 aspera, Clava alajuela, Clava (Clavocerithium), Clava (Semivertagus), Clava costaricana, Clava (Clava), Clava (Striovertagus), Clava plebeia, Cerithium (Vertagus) rudloffi, Vertagus kachhensis, Vertagus oligoasper
Subtaxa: Pseudovertagus aluco Pseudovertagus longbottomi
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Indonesia (1 collection)
• Miocene of the Marshall Islands (3)
• Eocene of Australia (5)
• Paleocene of France (1)
Total: 10 collections including 12 occurrences