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Clavus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae

Taxonomy
Clavus was named by Monfort (1810) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 96]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Drillia (Clavus) by Abrard (1822); it was reranked as Pleurotoma (Clavus) by Smith (1882).

It was assigned to Drillia by Abrard (1822); to Pleurotoma by Smith (1882); to Drilliinae by Wilson (1994); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Turridae by Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Durham (1944), Baluk (2003); and to Drilliidae by Bouchet et al. (2011).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Clavus Monfort
1822Drillia (Clavus) Abrard
1840Clavicantha Swainson
1882Pleurotoma (Clavus) Smith p. 208
1931Clavus Grant, IV and Gale p. 574
1934Eldridgea Bartsch
1944Clavus Durham p. 180
1994Clavus Wilson p. 184
2002Clavus Sepkoski
2003Clavus Baluk p. 30
2011Clavus Bouchet et al. p. 289

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyDrilliidae(Olsson 1964)
genusClavusMonfort 1810

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Clavus Monfort 1810
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†Clavus canalicularis Röding 1798
†Clavus laetus Hinds 1843
Clavus unizonalis Lamarck 1822
Invalid names: Clavicantha Swainson 1840 [synonym], Eldridgea Bartsch 1934 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available