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Clavella (Clavilithes)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Taxonomy

Clavalithes was named by Swainson (1840).

It was reranked as Clavella (Clavilithes) by Conrad (1856).

It was assigned to Clavella by Conrad (1856).

Subtaxa

Clavalithes cynosuris, Clavalithes harrisi, Clavalithes humerosus, Clavalithes yasilus, Clavella (Clavilithes) varicosa

Species lacking formal opinion data

Clavilithes abruptus, Clavilithes acus, Clavilithes angulatus, Clavilithes britannicus, Clavilithes chamberlaini, Clavilithes clavellatus, Clavilithes clavelloides, Clavilithes clavetellus, Clavilithes columbaris, Clavilithes contabulatus, Clavilithes cylindricus, Clavilithes cynosuris, Clavilithes elongatus, Clavilithes fennemai, Clavilithes fennemai, Clavilithes hantoniensis, Clavilithes hauniensis, Clavilithes hercules, Clavilithes hexacolpus, Clavilithes houdasi, Clavilithes humerosus, Clavilithes japeti, Clavilithes kennedyanus, Clavilithes laevigatus, Clavilithes lamarcki, Clavilithes longaevus, Clavilithes longiformis, Clavilithes macrospira, Clavilithes maximus, Clavilithes nobilis, Clavilithes pachyleurus, Clavilithes palareensis, Clavilithes parvetorbis, Clavilithes paucicostatus, Clavilithes penrosei, Clavilithes propinquus, Clavilithes protextus, Clavilithes raphanoides, Clavilithes regexus, Clavilithes reticulatus, Clavilithes samsoni, Clavilithes scalaris, Clavilithes solanderi, Clavilithes texanus, Clavilithes uniplicatus, Clavilithes vicksburgensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1856	Clavella (Clavilithes) Conrad p. 259

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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
genus	Clavella	Swainson 1835
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. †Clavella (Clavilithes) Swainson 1840

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†Clavalithes cynosuris Olsson 1930

†Clavalithes harrisi Woods 1922

†Clavalithes humerosus Conrad 1854

†Clavalithes yasilus Olsson 1930

†Clavella (Clavilithes) varicosa Conrad 1854

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 Tortonian or 41.03000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Peru (Piura)	Clavalithes woodringi, Clavalithes lagunitensis (52528)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Mississippi)	Calvella humerosa, Calvella varicosa (208935)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	India	Clavalithes seminudus (72085)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Italy	Clavalithes klipsteini (78437)