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Clavilithes (Clavilithes)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Taxonomy

Clavilithes (Clavilithes) was named by Swainson (1840). It is extant.

It was assigned to Clavilithes by Abbass (1967) and Gliozzi and Malatesta (1983).

Subtaxa

Clavilithes (Clavilithes) mozambensis, Clavilithes (Clavilithes) nilotica

Species lacking formal opinion data

Clavilithes acus, Clavilithes angulatus, Clavilithes contabulatus, Clavilithes hantoniensis, Clavilithes hexacolpus, Clavilithes kennedyanus, Clavilithes pachyleurus, Clavilithes parvetorbis, Clavilithes penrosei, Clavilithes solanderi

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1840	Clavilithes (Clavilithes) Swainson
1967	Clavilithes (Clavilithes) Abbass p. 92
1983	Clavilithes (Clavilithes) Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 106

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Buccinoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Fasciolariidae	Gray 1853
subfamily	Fusininae	Swainson 1840
genus	Clavilithes	Swainson 1840
subgenus	Clavilithes	Swainson 1840

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.

Subg. Clavilithes (Clavilithes) Swainson 1840

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†Clavilithes (Clavilithes) mozambensis Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983

†Clavilithes (Clavilithes) nilotica Abbass 1967

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilef

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

carnivoref

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-09-10 08:21:16

Modified:

2009-09-10 10:21:16

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 41.30000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	Romania	Clavilithes solanderi (101879 101884)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	Egypt	Clavilithes nilotica (2960)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Romania	Clavilithes solanderi (101967 102032 102035)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Indonesia (Borneo)	Clavilithes fennemai (42339)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Indonesia (Kalimantan)	Clavilithes fennemai (42224)