original descriptionSwainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. <em>London, Longman.</em> viii + 419 pp., available online athttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450 page(s): 157, 315 [details]
basis of recordHoubrick R.S. (1978). The family Cerithiidae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1: the genera <i>Rhinoclavis</i>, <i>Pseudovertagus</i> and <i>Clavocerithium</i>. <em>Monographs of Marine Mollusca.</em> 1: 1-130.[details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality