Rhinoclavis vertagus

Common creeper
A Shell of Rhinoclavis vertagus.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Cerithiidae
Genus: 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, commonly known as 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]

  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. ^ Abbott, R.Tucker (1991). Seashells of South East Asia. Graham Brash (Pte.) Ltd ,Singapore. p. 144. ISBN 9789971492236.