Species Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) aspera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Murex asper Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [756].

  Type data:

   Neotype 1097-27 3.
• Murex granulatus Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [756] [non Bruguiere, 1792].
• Clava rugata Martyn, T. 1784. The universal conchologist : exhibiting the figure of every known shell accurately drawn and painted after nature, with a new systematic arrangement / by the author, Thomas Martyn = Le conchologiste universel, montrant la figure de chaque coquille aujourd'hui connue soigneusement dessinee, et peinte d'apres nature, le tout arrange selon le systeme de l'auteur. London : Thomas Martyn 4 vols. 39 pp. 160 pls. [pl. 12].
• Strombus vibex 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] [3522].
• Cerithium lineatum Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 7 711 pp. [72].

  Type data:

   Holotype MHNG 1097/28-3.
• Vertagus comptus Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1914. Descriptions of new species of mollusca from New Caledonia, Japan and other localities. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 11: 5-10 [7-8].

  Type data:

   Lectotype 1914-4-2-2, Aden.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [38-39] (see for complete synonymy)

 

Generic Combinations

• Vergatus asper (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  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, fig. 21]
• Rhinoclavis asper (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Cotton, B.C. 1952. Family Cerithiidae. Royal Society of South Australia Malacological Section 2: 4 pp. [fig. 4]
• Cerithium asper (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Kaicher, S.D. 1956. Indo-Pacific Sea Shells, Toxoglossa (section 5). Washington D.C. : Published by the Author 11 pls. [pl. 3, fig. 1]
• Cerithium (Vertagus) asper (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Tryon, G.W. (ed.) 1887. Solariidae, Ianthinidae, Trichotropidae, Scalariidae, Cerithiidae, Rissoidae, Littorinidae. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : G.W. Tryon Vol. 9 488 pp., 71 pls. [148, pl. 28, fig. 62,63]
• Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) aspera (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  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, pl. 8, fig. 8,9]
  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 [35-41, pl. 13]
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [123, pl. 16; fig. 5 a-b]
• Clava aspera (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  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. [166]
• Rhinoclavis asperum (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  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]
• Rhinoclavis lineatum (Lamarck, 1822). —
  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]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific from Red Sea and east Africa to Hawaii and Society Islands Also Coral Sea region 18 (AMS C.356900)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral reef, marine, sand, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 28 m.

 

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 [35-41, pl. 13]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [123, pl. 16; fig. 5 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. 15] (Rough Creeper)

 

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