MolluscaBase - Clavella (Clavilithes) Swainson, 1840 †

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Clavella (Clavilithes) Swainson, 1840 †

AphiaID

1661231 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1661231)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded rank

Accepted name

Clavilithes Swainson, 1840 †

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Clavella Swainson, 1835 † accepted as Clavilithes Swainson, 1840 †

Original name

Clavilithes Swainson, 1840 †

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Species Clavella (Clavilithes) humerosa Conrad, 1855 † represented as Clavilithes humerosa (Conrad, 1855) †

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Clavilithes Swainson, 1840 †) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 77-78, 93-95, 304 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Clavella (Clavilithes) Swainson, 1840 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1661231 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2023-05-18 22:33:17Z

created

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (1)

original description (of Clavilithes Swainson, 1840 †) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 77-78, 93-95, 304 [details]