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

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

Type species
Fusus noae, Lamarck, 1803

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

References

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

Further reading

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