Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Rhinoclavis

Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1784Clava Martyn
1817Vertagus Schumacher
1840Rhinoclavis Swainson
1895Cerithium (Vertagus) Sacco p. 35
1925Cerithium (Vertagus) Vredenburg p. 324
1972Rhinoclavis Hoerle p. 12
1972Rhinoclavis Ladd p. 33
1978Clava Shuto p. 131
1982Rhinoclavis Gründel p. 46
1993Rhinoclavis Wilson p. 123
1995Clava Pacaud and Le Renard p. 155
1996Rhinoclavus Le Renard p. 26
1999Rhinoclavus Kohn and Arua p. 137
2001Rhinoclavis Todd
2002Clava Sepkoski
2002Rhinoclavus Sepkoski
2004Rhinoclavis Harzhauser p. 116
2005Rhinoclavis Bouchet et al. pp. 151, 248
2007Rhinoclavis Harzhauser p. 92

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyCerithiidae(Fleming 1822)
subfamilyCerithiinaeFleming 1822
genusRhinoclavisSwainson 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.

G. Rhinoclavis Swainson 1840
show all | hide all
Subg. †Rhinoclavis (Hopkinsiana) Olsson 1929
Subg. Rhinoclavis (Longicerithium) Houbrick 1978
Subg. Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) Swainson 1840
+
+
Invalid names: Cerithium asperum Bruguiere 1792 [synonym]
Rhinoclavis ampullosa Bronginiart 1823
Rhinoclavis articulata Adams 1850
+
Invalid names: Ochetoclava pilsbryi Kuroda 1961 [synonym]
Rhinoclavis aspera Linnaeus 1758
Rhinoclavis bituberculata Sowerby 1855
Rhinoclavis brettinghami Cernohorsky 1974
+
Invalid names: Cerithium pulchrum Sowerby 1855 [synonym]
Rhinoclavis fasciata Bruguière 1792
+
Invalid names: Rhinoclavis mountfordae Cotton 1964 [synonym]
Rhinoclavis kochi Philippi 1848
Rhinoclavis orditus Michelotti 1861
Rhinoclavis sinensis Gmelin 1791
+
Invalid names: Cerithium obeliscus Bruguière 1792 [synonym]
Rhinoclavis submelanoides Michelotti 1861
Rhinoclavis vertagus Linnaeus 1758
Rhinoclavis voglinoi Michelotti 1861
+
Invalid names: Cerithium brongniarti Michelotti 1861 [synonym]
Invalid names: Clava Martyn 1784 [synonym], Vertagus Schumacher 1817 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:11:54
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:11:54
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (323 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) Clava scriba (205466)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland Semivertagus sp. (22943)
Danian66.0 - 61.6France Pseudovertagus sp., Semivertagus abnormis, Striovertagus sp. (20816)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Alabama) Clavocerithium globoleve, R. mediavia (90612)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Poland R. sp. (27625)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium Clava dumonti, Clava tenuiplicata, Clava duponti, Clava punctifibrum, Clava queteli, Clava abnormis, Clava elisae, Clava gibbosa, Clava urania (22931) Clava urania, Clava dumonti (3118)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Germany Clava urania, Clava dumonti (3114)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Colombia Semivertagus sp. (180400)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Poland R. unisulcatus (27019) R. unisulcatus, Striovertagus queteleti (27018)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Bulgaria (Pleven) Clava conica (102403)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Pakistan R. angystoma (77279)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Picardie) Clava unisulcata (178778)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Bosnia and Herzegovina Cerithium rudloffi (179744 179747)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Clava striata, Clava melanoides, Clava unisulcata (171526)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Picardie) Clava striata, Clava unisulcata (178119) Clava unisulcata (178083)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy (Veneto) Clavocerithium corvinum (178203)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Yvelines) Clava melanoides (177970 177972 177974) Clava unisulcata (177971)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Semivertagus unisulcatus (8124)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France Clava unisulcata, Clava striata (78567)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Romania R. striatus (101878)