Rhinoclavis is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of marine snails, gastropod molluscs in the family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Cerithiidae

Cerithiidae

Cerithiidae, common name the cerithiids or ceriths, is a large family of medium-sized marine gastropods in the clade Sorbeoconcha.- Distribution :...

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Occurrence

They occur throughout the Indo-Pacific, the Marshall Islands, the Solomon Islands, the Philippines, Australia and the Gulf of Aqaba. These deposit-feeding gastropods can be found in clearer shallow water in coral reefs, preferring sandy to muddy bottoms.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WORMS), Rhinoclavis consists of the following subgenera and species

• Rhinoclavis (Longicerithium) Houbrick, 1978
  • Rhinoclavis (Longicerithium) longicaudatum (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
• Rhinoclavis (Proclava) Thiele, 1929
  • Rhinoclavis (Proclava) kochi (Philippi, 1848)
  • Rhinoclavis (Proclava) sordidula
    Rhinoclavis sordidula
    Rhinoclavis sordidula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
    
    (Gould, 1849)
• Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) Swainson, 1840
  • Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) articulata (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
  • Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) aspera (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) bituberculata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1866)
  • Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) brettinghami Cernohorsky, 1974
  • Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) diadema Houbrick, 1978
  • Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) fasciata (Bruguière, 1792)
  • Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) sinensis (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) vertagus
    Rhinoclavis vertagus
    Rhinoclavis vertagus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae, the ceriths.- External links :* http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=473152...
    
    (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Rhinoclavis taniae Cecalupo, 2008

External links

• Photos : Natural History Museum Rotterdam - Cerithiidae