Species Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) articulata (Adams & Reeve, 1850)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cerithium articulatum Adams, A. & Reeve, L. 1850. Mollusca. pp. 45-87 in Adams, A. (ed.). The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang; under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B.F.R.A.S., F.G.S. during the years 1843-1846. London : Reeve, Benham & Reeve Vol. 3. [43, pl. 10, fig. 14].

  Type data:

   Lectotype coast of Borneo, China Sea.
• Vertagus graniferus Pease, W.H. 1861. Descriptions of 47 new species of shells from the Sandwich Islands, in the collection of H. Cuming. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1860: 431-438 [433].

  Type data:

   Holotype 1961208.
• Vertagus seminudus 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. 5, figs 24a,b].

  Type data:

   Lectotype New Caledonia.
• Cerithium acutinodulosum Smith, E.A. 1884. Mollusca. pp. 34–116, 487–508, 657–659, pls 4–7. In, Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of the H.M.S. 'Alert ' 1881-2. London : British Museum Trustees, printed by Taylor & Francis. [Part I. Collections of Melanesia, pp. 34–116; Part II. Collections from the Western Indian Ocean, pp. 487–508; explanation of plates pp. 657–659] [501-502, pl. 44, fig. 5].

  Type data:

   Holotype 82-12-6-219, Seychelles and Cerf Islands, Mascarenes.
• Ochetoclava pilsbryi Kuroda, T. & Habe, T. in Habe, T. 1961. Coloured illustrations of shells of Japan. Osaka, Japan : Hoikusha Vol. 2 182 pp., 66 pls. [9, pl. 13, fig. 5].

  Type data:

   Holotype 51713, Tomioka, Amakusa, Kyushu, Japan.

 

Generic Combinations

• Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) articulata (Adams & Reeve, 1850). —
  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 [48]
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [123, pl. 16; fig. 10]
• Clava articulata (Adams & Reeve, 1850). —
  Schepman, M.M. 1909. The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Part 2. Taenioglossa and Ptenoglossa. 109-231, pls 10-16 in Weber, M. (ed.). Siboga Expeditie. Leiden : Brill Vol. 49. [164-165]
• Ochetoclava articulata (Adams & Reeve, 1850). —
  Habe, T. 1964. Shells of the western Pacific in color. Osaka : Hoikusha Vol. 2 233 pp., 66 pls. [43]
• Vertagus articulatus (Adams & Reeve, 1850). —
  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. 4, figs 16a,b]
• Rhinoclavis articulatus (Adams & Reeve, 1850). —
  Cernohorsky, W.O. 1972. Marine Shells of the Pacific. Sydney : Pacific Publications Vol. 2 411 pp., 68 pls. [68]
• Clypeomorus graniferum (Pease, 1861). —
  Kosuge, S. 1969. Fossil mollusks of Oahu, Hawaii Islands. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 12: 783-794, pls 1-7 [784]
• Ochetoclava seminudum (Sowerby, 1865). —
  Habe, T. & Kosuge, S. 1966. Shells of the World in Color. Osaka, Japan : Hoikusha Publishing Vol. II: The Tropical Pacific. 194 pp., 68 pls. [43]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Cerithium (Vertagus) articulatum Adams & Reeve, 1886. —
  Watson, R.B. 1886. Report on the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 15(42): 756 pp., 50 pls [537]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific, from east Africa and Red Sea to Hawaii and Society Islands. Also Lord Howe Island (AMS C.59535); Coral Sea (AMS C.224420)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, rubble, sand, subtidal.

 

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 [48-53, pl. 1, figs 25-31; pls 19-22]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [124, fig. 45 K]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [123, pl. 16; fig. 10]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	CERITHIIDAE	19-Feb-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		27-Sep-2011	MODIFIED