Biology:Rhinoclavis vertagus
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Common creeper | |
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| A Shell of Rhinoclavis vertagus. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Cerithiidae |
| Genus: | Rhinoclavis |
| Species: | R. vertagus
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhinoclavis vertagus (Linnaeus, 1767)
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Rhinoclavis vertagus, common name the common creeper, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae, the ceriths.[1] R.vertagus is most commonly found in intertidal sand flats[2]
Description
R. vertagus has a cone shaped shell most commonly bearing white, grey and brown colors.The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 80 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in Australia , Philippines ,[3] and in the Indo-west Pacific from east Africa to Vanuatu as a whole.
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Abbott, R.Tucker (1991) (in English). Seashells of South East Asia. Graham Brash (Pte.) Ltd ,Singapore.. pp. 144. ISBN 9789971492236.
- ↑ "Rhinoclavis vertagus [ タケノコカニモリ ]". Archived from the original on 2011-06-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20110616083309/http://shell.kwansei.ac.jp/~shell/pic_book/data19/r001814.html. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
- Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema naturae, per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum caracteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Holmiae [= Stockholm] : L. Salvii Vol. 1(2) 12, pp. 533–1327.
- Humphrey, G. 1797. Museum Calonnianum : specification of the various articles which compose the magnificent museum of natural history collected by M. de Calonne in France and lately his property : consisting of an assemblage of the most beautiful and rare subjects in entomology, conchology, ornithology, mineralogy, &c. London : E. Bibl. Radcl. viii, 84 pp.
- Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp.
- Perry, G. 1811. Conchology, or the natural history of shells containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings, executed from the natural specimens and including the latest discoveries. London : W. Miller 4 pp., 62 pls.
- Schumacher, C.F. 1817. Essai d'un Nouveau Systéme des Habitations des vers Testacés. Copenhagen : Schultz 287 pp., pls 1-22.
- Tryon, G.W. (ed.) 1887. Solariidae, Ianthinidae, Trichotropidae, Scalariidae, Cerithiidae, Rissoidae, Littorinidae. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : G.W. Tryon Vol. 9 488 pp., 71 pls.
- Schepman, M.M. 1909. The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Part 2. Taenioglossa and Ptenoglossa. 109-231, pls 10-16 in Weber, M. (ed.). Siboga Expeditie. Leiden : Brill Vol. 49.
- Dautzenberg, P. 1923. Liste Préliminaire des Mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux epèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 68(1): 21-74
- Thiele, J. 1931. Handbuch der Systematischen Weichtierkunde. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 2 pp. 377–778.
- Cotton, B.C. 1952. Family Cerithiidae. Royal Society of South Australia Malacological Section 2: 4 pp.
- Houbrick, R.S. 1978. The family Cerithiidae in the Indo-Pacific. Part I. The genera Rhinoclavis, Pseudovertagus and Clavocerithium. Monographs of Marine Mollusca 1: 1-130
- Abbott, R.T. & S.P. Dance (1986). Compendium of sea shells. American Malacologists, Inc:Melbourne, Florida
- Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
External links
- http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=473152
- "Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) vertagus" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_201.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q7320640 entry
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