Biology:Clavilithes

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Short description: Extinct genus of gastropods


Clavilithes
Temporal range: Paleocene - Pliocene
Clavilithes noae 01.JPG
Clavilithes noae (Lamarck, 1803)
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Clavilithes

Swainson, 1840[1]
Type species
Fusus noae, Lamarck, 1803

Clavilithes is an extinct genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the tulip snails and spindle snails.

This genus lived from the Paleocene to Pliocene, in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America.[2]

References

  1. Swainson W. J. (1840). Treat. Malacol.: 77 (as Clavilithes p. 304).
  2. Clavilithes in the Paleobiology Database

Further reading

  • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 129)

Wikidata ☰ Q3784889 entry