†Clavilithes (Cosmolithes) Grabau 1904 (spindle shell)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Alternative spelling: Cosmolithes

Parent taxon: Clavilithes according to J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard 1995

See also Adegoke 1977 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Clavilithes (Clavilithes), Clavilithes (Rhopalites), Clavilithes arakanensis, Clavilithes atahuallpai, Clavilithes burtti, Clavilithes californicus, Clavilithes cossmanni, Clavilithes dameriacensis, Clavilithes hagni, Clavilithes harrisi, Clavilithes harrisii, Clavilithes hubbardanus, Clavilithes incertus, Clavilithes inopinatus, Clavilithes lagunitensis, Clavilithes leilanensis, Clavilithes noae, Clavilithes noetlingi, Clavilithes pacificus, Clavilithes parisiensis, Clavilithes peruvianus, Clavilithes pozoensis, Clavilithes songoensis, Clavilithes tabulatus, Clavilithes tjaringinensis, Clavilithes tjidamarensis, Clavilithes woodringi, Clavilithes (Rhopalithes) toyei, Clavilithes (Rhopalithes) superbus, Rhopalithes bolivarensis, Austrolithes bulbodes, Austrolithes incompositus, Austrolithes tateanus

Subtaxa: Clavilithes (Cosmolithes) oluwasanmii

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (2)

• Paleocene of Belgium (1), France (1), Nigeria (1), Poland (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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