Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Synonym: Cerithium obeliscus Bruguière 1792
Belongs to Rhinoclavis according to J. W. Short and D. G. Potter 1987
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 submelanoides, Rhinoclavis vertagus, Rhinoclavis voglinoi, Clava (Clavocerithium), Clava (Striovertagus), Clava (Pseudovertagus), Clava (Clava), Clava plebeia, Clava alajuela, Clava costaricana, Clava aspera, Clava (Semivertagus), Vertagus oligoasper, Vertagus kachhensis, Cerithium (Vertagus) rudloffi
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Kenya (1 collection), Mozambique (1), Pakistan (1), Vanuatu (1)
• Miocene of the Marshall Islands (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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