Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 62110

Synonyms: Cerithium (Vertagus) Schumacher 1817 (no. 105660), Clava Martyn 1784 (no. 9657), Vertagus Schumacher 1817 (no. 105624)

Parent taxon: Cerithiinae according to M. Harzhauser 2007

Sister taxa: Cerithium, Clypeomorus, Colina, Druidwilsonia, Gourmya, Voysa, Wendella

Subtaxa: Cerithium (Vertagus) rudloffi, Clava (Clava), Clava (Clavocerithium), Clava (Pseudovertagus), Clava (Semivertagus), Clava (Striovertagus), Clava alajuela, Clava aspera, Clava costaricana, Clava plebeia, Rhinoclavis (Hopkinsiana), Rhinoclavis (Longicerithium), Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava), Rhinoclavis (Proclava), Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis), Rhinoclavis ampullosa, Rhinoclavis articulata, Rhinoclavis aspera, Rhinoclavis bituberculata, Rhinoclavis brettinghami, Rhinoclavis fasciata, Rhinoclavis kochi, Rhinoclavis orditus, Rhinoclavis sinensis, Rhinoclavis submelanoides, Rhinoclavis vertagus, Rhinoclavis voglinoi, Vertagus kachhensis, Vertagus oligoasper

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Type: Murex vertagus

Ecology: epifaunal grazer