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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 Durham (1944) and Baluk (2003); and to Drilliidae by Bouchet et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Clavus Monfort
1822Drillia (Clavus) Abrard
1882Pleurotoma (Clavus) Smith p. 208
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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available