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]

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.

References

  1. 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


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