Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Caenogastropoda incertae sedis > Superfamily Cerithioidea > Family Cerithiidae > Subfamily Cerithiinae

Rhinoclavis Swainson, 1840

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Cerithium (Proclava) Thiele, 1929 synonym
Rhinoclavis (Proclava) Thiele, 1929 synonym; alternate representation

Children

Rhinoclavis kochi (R. A. Philippi, 1848)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: タケノコカニモリ属

Literature

original description

Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp.

basis of record

Houbrick, R. S. (1978). The family Cerithiidae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1: the genera Rhinoclavis, Pseudovertagus and Clavocerithium. Monographs of Marine Mollusca. 1: 1-130.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Rhinoclavis Swainson, 1840. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137762

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

no data

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Last modified

2021-08-18 by Bruce Marshall

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