Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Alternative combinations: Cerithium (Vertagus) kachhense, Cerithium kachhense
Full reference: E. Vredenburg. 1925. Description of Mollusca from the post-Eocene Tertiary formation of north-western India: Cephalopoda, Opisthobranchiata, Siphonostomata. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 50(1):1-350
Belongs to Vertagus according to M. Harzhauser et al. 2009
See also Azzaroli 1958 and Vredenburg 1925
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, Vertagus oligoasper, Cerithium (Vertagus) rudloffi, Clava (Clava), Clava costaricana, Clava (Semivertagus), Clava aspera, Clava (Clavocerithium), Clava plebeia, Clava (Pseudovertagus), Clava alajuela, Clava (Striovertagus)
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Vertagus kachhensis in the database
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