Clausa d'Orbigny, 1853

Type species: Ceriopora heteropora d'Orbigny, 1853

Synonyms Author Type Species
Claviclausa d'Orbigny, 1853 Claviclausa cava d'Orbigny, 1853 (=Clausa heteropora? d'Orbigny, 1853)
Multiclausa d'Orbigny, 1853 Multiclausa compressa d'Orbigny, 1853

This genus includes the species:

  1. Clausa cranei
  2. Canu & Bassler, 1926 Early Cretaceous Aptian England WoRMS 1400861
  3. Clausa crassa
  4. Brood, 1977 Late Cretaceous South Africa WoRMS 1400862
  5. Clausa francqana
  6. (d'Orbigny, 1853) Late Cretaceous Turonian-Coniacian France also Germany WoRMS 1410511
  7. Clausa globulosa
  8. (d'Orbigny, 1853) Late Cretaceous Coniacian-Maastrichtian France WoRMS 1410512
  9. Clausa globulosa crassicaudata
  10. Gregory, 1899 Late Cretaceous Turonian-Santonian England WoRMS 1414756
  11. Clausa globulosa elegans
  12. (d'Orbigny, 1853) Late Cretaceous Turonian France WoRMS 1415140
  13. Clausa globulosa magnicaulata
  14. Gregory, 1899 Late Cretaceous Turonian England WoRMS 1414757
  15. Clausa globulosa tenuisulcata
  16. Gregory, 1899 Late Cretaceous Santonian England WoRMS 1414758
  17. Clausa harmeri
  18. (Canu, 1898) Late Cretaceous Cenomanian France WoRMS 1410513
  19. Clausa heteropora
  20. d'Orbigny, 1853 Late Cretaceous France WoRMS 1400863
  21. Clausa lepida
  22. (Novak, 1877) Late Cretaceous Cenomanian Czech Republic WoRMS 1410514
  23. Clausa ramosa
  24. (Počta, 1892) Late Cretaceous Cenomanian Czech Republic WoRMS 1410515
  25. Clausa retifera
  26. Stoliczka, 1862 Paleogene Oligocene Germany WoRMS 1400864
  27. Clausa verrucosa
  28. (Römer, 1840-1841) Late Cretaceous Santonian Germany WoRMS 1410516
  29. Clausa zonifera
  30. Canu & Bassler, 1926 Early Cretaceous Aptian England WoRMS 1400865

Claviclausa appears to have been revalidated in Viskova and Weis (1998). This implies that Claviclausa cava is not a synonym of Clausa heteropora. I have not seen the copy, but a new species is defined:

Claviclausa perfecta Viskova & Weiss, 1998 Paleogene Paleocene Kazakhstan WoRMS 1417310

Clausa page at d'Orbigny Home Page, Natural History Museum.

Claviclausa page at d'Orbigny Home Page, Natural History Museum.


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Edited by Phil Bock
Modified on 22/09/2016
Modified on 8/3/2018 (Added C.retifera)
Modified on 13/3/2018 (Added Clavicausa perfecta)
Modified on 21/5/2020 (Added WoRMS links)
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