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Clavilithes (Clavilithes)

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)115131https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=115131
Ranksubgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Fasciolariidae : Clavilithes : Clavilithes (Clavilithes)
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassProsobranchiaMilne-Edwards 1848
superorderCaenogastropodaCox 1959
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyFasciolariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyFusininaeSwainson 1840
genusClavilithesSwainson 1840
subgenusClavilithes (Clavilithes)Swainson 1840
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Clavilithes (Clavilithes)subgenusbelongs to Clavilithesstated with evidenceAbbass, 1967
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (33%)
First Recorded Appearance41.3 - 38.0 Ma
Eocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Fasciolariidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Fasciolariidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)H. L. Abbass. 1967. A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods. United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph (4):1-154

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Clavilithes (Clavilithes) mozambensis
species
listed (PBDB)
Clavilithes (Clavilithes) nilotica
species
listed (PBDB)141.3 Ma
Eocene
41.3 Ma
Eocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1840Clavilithes (Clavilithes) Swainson
1967Clavilithes (Clavilithes) Abbass p. 92
1983Clavilithes (Clavilithes) Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 106

References

Abbass H. L. (1967) A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods, United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph 4, 1-154
Gliozzi E., Malatesta A. (1983) I molluschi del Paleocene di Baixa Chinhauanine nel bacino del Rio Massintonto (Maputo - Mozambico), Geologica Romana 22, 85-145
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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