species: Rhinoclavis aspera in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Rhinoclavis aspera


©Anne Hoggett: Rhinoclavis aspera found near the bommie at North Point, Lizard Island.

©Anne Hoggett: Rhinoclavis aspera found near the bommie at North Point, Lizard Island.

©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Rhinoclavis aspera 5.3 cm long from the Loomis Reef and Research Station area, Lizard Island.

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

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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 6 cm (length according to Wilson, 1993)

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

  • 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.
  • Robertson, R. (1981). List of shell-bearing mollusks observed and collected at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Tryonia, 4: 1-32. LIRS catalog number 403.