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Five views of a shell of Pseudovertagus aluco | |
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Species: | P. aluco
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Pseudovertagus aluco (
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Pseudovertagus aluco, common name aluco vertagus or Cuming's cerith, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae, the ceriths. [1] [2]
This species is present in the Indo-Pacific from the Eastern Africa to Philippines, and in Australia ( Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia), the Samoan Islands and New Caledonia. [3] [4]
Pseudovertagus aluco can be found on sand-bars at the high tide level, on tidalflats, on clean sand and coralrubble. [5] [6]
Shell of Pseudovertagus aluco can reach a length of 45–95 millimetres (1.8–3.7 in). [3] This species possess high-spired shells with a small aperture and a few spiral rows of tubercles.
These sea snails usually extend their proboscis and foot deep into the sediments, rather than burrowing below the surface. [6]
Pseudovertagus aluco | |
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Five views of a shell of Pseudovertagus aluco | |
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Species: | P. aluco
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Pseudovertagus aluco (
Linnaeus, 1758)
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Pseudovertagus aluco, common name aluco vertagus or Cuming's cerith, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae, the ceriths. [1] [2]
This species is present in the Indo-Pacific from the Eastern Africa to Philippines, and in Australia ( Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia), the Samoan Islands and New Caledonia. [3] [4]
Pseudovertagus aluco can be found on sand-bars at the high tide level, on tidalflats, on clean sand and coralrubble. [5] [6]
Shell of Pseudovertagus aluco can reach a length of 45–95 millimetres (1.8–3.7 in). [3] This species possess high-spired shells with a small aperture and a few spiral rows of tubercles.
These sea snails usually extend their proboscis and foot deep into the sediments, rather than burrowing below the surface. [6]