Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiidae
Synonyms: Cerithium (Vertagus) Schumacher 1817, Clava Martyn 1784, Vertagus Schumacher 1817
Parent taxon: Cerithiinae according to M. Harzhauser 2007
Sister taxa: Cerithium, Clypeomorus, Colina, Gourmya, Iddingsia
Subtaxa: Clava (Clava), Clava (Clavocerithium), Clava (Pseudovertagus), Clava (Semivertagus), Clava (Striovertagus), Clava alajuela, Clava aspera, Clava costaricana, Clava plebeia, Rhinoclavis (Longicerithium), Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava), Rhinoclavis (Proclava), Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis), Rhinoclavis ampullosa, Rhinoclavis articulata, Rhinoclavis aspera, Rhinoclavis bituberculata, Rhinoclavis brettinghami, Rhinoclavis fasciata, Rhinoclavis orditus, Rhinoclavis sinensis, Rhinoclavis submelanoides, Rhinoclavis vertagus, Rhinoclavis voglinoi, Vertagus kachhensis, Vertagus oligoasper
Type: Murex vertagus
Ecology: epifaunal grazer