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Clavilithes (Cosmolithes)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Taxonomy
Cosmolithes was named by Grabau (1904) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than T Eo Sepkoski's reference number: 614,705].

It was reranked as Clavilithes (Cosmolithes) by Adegoke (1977) and Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).

It was assigned to Clavilithes by Adegoke (1977) and Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Cosmolithes Grabau
1977Clavilithes (Cosmolithes) Adegoke p. 179
1995Clavilithes (Cosmolithes) Pacaud and Le Renard p. 166
2002Cosmolithes Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyFasciolariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyFusininaeSwainson 1840
genusClavilithesSwainson 1840
subgenusCosmolithes(Grabau 1904)

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 (Cosmolithes) Grabau 1904
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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 Danian to the top of the Lutetian or 66.00000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium Clavilithes reticulatus (22931)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Poland Cosmolithes reticulatus (27625)
Danian66.0 - 61.6France Cosmolithes faxensis (20816)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Nigeria Clavilithes oluwasanmii (7791)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Cosmolithes uniplicatus (8124 8125)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Clavilithes laevigatus (171532)