Zeacumantus subcarinatus
| Zeacumantus subcarinatus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Batillariidae |
| Genus: | Zeacumantus |
| Species: | Z. subcarinatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Zeacumantus subcarinatus (Sowerby II, 1855) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cerithium subcarinatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855 (basionym) | |
Zeacumantus subcarinatus, common name the southern creeper, is a species of small sea snail or mud snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Potamididae, the horn snails.[1]
Distribution
This species is found on the coasts of New Zealand, and in New South Wales, Australia.
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 16 mm.
External links
References
- 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2011). Zeacumantus subcarinatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397205 on 2011-04-09
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Miller M & Batt G, Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand, William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973
- Ozawa, T., Köhler, F., Reid, D.G. & Glaubrecht, M. (2009). Tethyan relicts on continental coastlines of the northwestern Pacific Ocean and Australasia: molecular phylogeny and fossil record of batillariid gastropods (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea). Zoologica Scripta, 38: 503-525
- Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
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