Rhinoclavis vertagus
Rhinoclavis vertagus, common name the common creeper, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae, the ceriths. R.vertagus is most commonly found in intertidal sand flats 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, and in the Indo-west Pacific from east Africa to Vanuatu as a whole. References 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