species: Rhinoclavis vertagus in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Rhinoclavis vertagus


©Anne Hoggett: Rhinoclavis vertagus exposed at low tide in Lizard Island lagoon

©Anne Hoggett: Rhinoclavis vertagus exposed at low tide in Lizard Island lagoon

©Barbara Banks: Rhinoclavis vertagus at Lizard Island

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Family Cerithiidae
Genus Rhinoclavis
Species Rhinoclavis vertagus

Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 7 cm (length according to Wilson, 1993)

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Local abundance

  • Lizard Island: Very abundant in the shallow lagoon in sand.

Web resources

References

References that assist with identification

  • Wilson, B. (1993). Australian Marine Shells: 1. Prosobranch gastropods Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia.

Other references

  • Huelsken, T. (2008). Phylogenetic relationship and species identification within the Natcidae Guilding, 1834 (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda), Ph.D. thesis, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum. LIRS catalog number 1204.