Species Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) sinensis (Gmelin, 1791)
Obelisk Creeper
- Murex sinensis Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3542].
Type data:
Lectotype. - Cerithium obeliscus Bruguière, M. 1792. Encyclopédie Méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. Paris : Panckoucke Vol. 1 i–xviii, 757 pp. [472].
Type data:
Lectotype MHNG, Jamaica, Barbados, Dominique and Guadeloupe. - Strombus muricatus Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [pt.2, 99].
- Cerithium cedonulli Sowerby, G.B. 1855. Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2(16) 847-899, pls 176-186. [852, pl. 177, figs 38-40].
Type data:
Lectotype Islands of Annaa, South Pacific.
Generic Combinations
- Vertagus cedonulli (Sowerby, 1866). —
Sowerby, G.B. 1866. Monograph of the genus Vertagus . Reeve's manuscript. pl. 1, 3-5 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 15. [pl. 1, figs ,1a,b] - Rhinoclavis obeliscus (Bruguière, 1792). —
Swainson, W. 1840. A treatise on malacology or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans 419 pp. [May 1840] [315] - Vertagus obeliscus (Bruguière, 1972). —
Sowerby, G.B. 1865. Monograph of the genus Vertagus. Reeve's manuscript. pl. 2 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 15. [pl. 2, figs 7a, b] - Clava obeliscus (Bruguière, 1792). —
Morris, P.A. 1966. A field guide to shells of the Pacific Coast and Hawaii. Place of publishing unknown : Houghton-Mifflin Co. 297 pp., 72 pls. [177] - Cerithium (Vertagus) sinense (Gmelin, 1791). —
Kobelt, W. 1898. Die Gattung Cerithium Lam. 201-297, pls 37-47 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1. [20-22, pl. 2, figs 5-8] - Clava (Clava) sinensis (Gmelin, 1791). —
Wissema, G.G. 1947. Young Tertiary and Quarternary gastropoda from the Island of Nias (Malay Archipelago). PhD Thesis. Leiden : Rijksuniversiteit. [54] - Rhinoclavis sinensis (Gmelin, 1791). —
Demond, J. 1957. Micronesian reef associated gastropods. Pacific Science 11(3): 275–341, fig. 2, pl. 1 [290] - Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) sinensis (Gmelin, 1791). —
Ladd, H.S. 1972. Cenozoic fossil mollusks from western Pacific islands; Gastropods (Turritellidae through Strombidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Papers 532: 1-79, 20 pls [34]
Houbrick, R.S. 1978. The family Cerithiidae in the Indo-Pacific. Part I. The genera Rhinoclavis, Pseudovertagus and Clavocerithium. Monographs of Marine Mollusca 1: 1-130 [53-58, pl. 1, figs 15-24; pls 23-26]
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [124, pl. 16; fig. 6 a-b]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Cerithium (Aluco) obeliscus Bruguière, 1792. —
Martens, E. von 1887. List of the shells of Mergui and its Archipelago, collected for the trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr. John Anderson, F.R.S., Superintedent of the Museum. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 21: 155-219 [190] - Cerithium (Rhinoclavis) cedonulli Sowerby, 1855. —
Adam, W. & Leloup, E. 1938. Resultats scientifiques du voyage aux Indes Orientales Neerlandaises de LL. AA. RR. le Prince et la Princesse Leopold de Belgique. Prosobranchia et Opistobranchia. Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 6 2(19): 1-209, pls 1-8 [102-103]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo Pacific, from Red Sea and east Africa to Hawaiian Islands and Pitcairn Also WA region 27 (AMS C.382240). Coral Sea region 18 (AMS C.356669). Lord Howe Island (AMS C.133539)
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
Ecological Descriptors
Burrower, continental shelf, coral, intertidal, intertidal flats, marine, sand.
General References
Houbrick, R.S. 1978. The family Cerithiidae in the Indo-Pacific. Part I. The genera Rhinoclavis, Pseudovertagus and Clavocerithium. Monographs of Marine Mollusca 1: 1-130 [53-58, pl. 1, figs 15-24; pls 23-26]
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [124, pl. 16; fig. 6 a-b]
Common Name References
Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [88, pl. 17, fig. 13] (Obelisk Creeper)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | CERITHIOIDEA | 13-Aug-2018 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri |
| 01-Jun-2021 | CERITHIOIDEA | 07-Jul-2016 | MODIFIED | Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 01-Jun-2021 | CERITHIIDAE | 19-Feb-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 27-Nov-2013 | MODIFIED |