Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Alternative combination: Murex vertagus
Belongs to Rhinoclavis according to S. E. Hoerle 1972
See also Harzhauser 2007 and Short and 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 sinensis, Rhinoclavis submelanoides, Rhinoclavis voglinoi, Clava (Striovertagus), Clava aspera, Clava alajuela, Clava (Pseudovertagus), Clava (Clavocerithium), Clava (Clava), Clava (Semivertagus), Clava costaricana, Clava plebeia, Vertagus oligoasper, Cerithium (Vertagus) rudloffi, Vertagus kachhensis
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Marshall Islands (2 collections)
• Pliocene of Vanuatu (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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