Clavilithes
Appearance
Clavilithes | |
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Clavilithes noae (Lamarck, 1803) | |
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Genus: | Clavilithes |
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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
- ^ Swainson W. J. (1840). Treat. Malacol.: 77 (as Clavilithes p. 304).
- ^ Clavilithes in the Paleobiology Database
Further reading
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 129)
Categories:
- Fasciolariidae
- Gastropod genera
- Paleocene gastropods
- Eocene gastropods
- Oligocene gastropods
- Miocene gastropods
- Pliocene gastropods
- Cenozoic animals of Africa
- Cenozoic animals of Asia
- Cenozoic animals of Europe
- Prehistoric gastropods of North America
- Cenozoic animals of South America
- Paleocene first appearances
- Pliocene extinctions
- Fasciolariidae stubs
- Prehistoric gastropod stubs