Rhinoclavis vertagus

Common creeper
A Shell of Rhinoclavis vertagus.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Cerithiidae
Subfamily: Cerithiinae
Genus: Rhinoclavis
Subgenus: Rhinoclavis
Species: R. vertagus
Binomial name
Rhinoclavis vertagus
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms
  • Cerithium (Rhinoclavis) vertagus (Linnaeus, 1767) (chresonym)
  • Cerithium despectum Perry, 1811 (original combination)
  • Cerithium vertagus (Linnaeus, 1767) (chresonym)
  • Clava varia Humphrey, 1797
  • Clava vertagus (Linnaeus, 1767) (chresonym)
  • Clava volvax Humphrey, 1797
  • Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) vertagus (Linnaeus, 1767) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Murex vertagus Linnaeus, 1767
  • Strombus carminatus Röding, 1798
  • Vertagus vertagus (Linnaeus, 1767) (chresonym)
  • Vertagus vulgaris Schumacher, 1817

Rhinoclavis vertagus, common name the common creeper, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae, the ceriths.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 80 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in Australia and the Philippines.;[2] in the Indo-west Pacific, from east Africa to Vanuatu

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Rhinoclavis vertagus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215122 on 2016-03-27
  2. http://shell.kwansei.ac.jp/~shell/pic_book/data19/r001814.html
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