Cerithium novaehollandiae
Cerithium novaehollandiae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.[1]
| Cerithium novaehollandiae | |
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| Shell of Cerithium novaehollandiae (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) - | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Cerithiidae |
| Genus: | Cerithium |
| Species: | C. novaehollandiae |
| Binomial name | |
| Cerithium novaehollandiae G.B. Sowerby II, 1855 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cerithium vignali G.B. Sowerby III, 1912 | |
Description
The length of the shell (incomplete) is 18.7 mm, its diameter 9.4 mm.
The shell is medium in size, flat-sided, slightly turreted. The sculpture consists of strong narrow, slightly curved axial folds that are swollen near the suture, both above and below. The body whorl has three slightly beaded spirals that are more prominent than those intervening, the spiral at the periphery the largest. Below the periphery, on the base, are several prominent spirals, the one nearest the periphery the largest. A broad varix is present on the body whorl opposite the aperture. The inner lip callused and slightly detached. [2]
Distribution
This species occurs from Borneo to New Caledonia; also off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)
References
- Cerithium novaehollandiae G.B. Sowerby II, 1855. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
- Ladd, H.S. (1977). Cenozoic fossil mollusks from western Pacific islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 533: i–iv, 1–84, pls 1–23
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1912. Descriptions of new species of Cerithium, Clanculus and Soletellina. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 9: 237-239
- Houbrick, R.S. 1992. Monograph of the genus Cerithium Bruguière in the Indo-Pacific (Cerithiidae: Prosobranchia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 510: 1-211
- Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
- Dudgeon, D.; Morton, B. (1982). The coral associated Mollusca of Tolo Harbour and Channel, Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 2: 627-650
External links
- Sowerby, G. B. II. (1855). Monograph of the genus Cerithium, Adanson. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 2 (16): 847–899, pl. 176–186. London, privately published.
- Ladd, H.S. (1977). Cenozoic fossil mollusks from western Pacific islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 533: i–iv, 1–84, pls 1–23 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
