species: Cerithium nodulosum in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Cerithium nodulosum


©Barbara Banks: Cerithium nodulosum at Lizard island 80mm

©Barbara Banks: Cerithium nodulosum at Lizard island 80mm. Giant nodulose creeper

©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Cerithium nodulosum 9 cm long from the reef flat off small beach on NE side of South Island, Lizard Island Group.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Family Cerithiidae
Genus Cerithium
Species Cerithium nodulosum

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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 8 cm (Shell length at Lizard Island)

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

References that assist with identification

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

Other references

  • Strong, E.E. (2011). More than a gut feeling: utility of midgut anatomy in phylogeny of the Cerithioidea (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 162: 585-630. LIRS catalog number 1503.