Clavilithes is an extinct genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the tulip snails and spindle snails.
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Clavilithes noae (Lamarck, 1803) | |
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Genus: | Clavilithes |
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Fusus noae, Lamarck, 1803 |
This genus lived from the Paleocene to Pliocene, in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America.[2]
References
edit- ^ Swainson W. J. (1840). Treat. Malacol.: 77 (as Clavilithes p. 304).
- ^ Clavilithes in the Paleobiology Database
Further reading
edit- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 129)