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Zeacumantus subcarinatus

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Zeacumantus subcarinatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Batillariidae
Genus: Zeacumantus
Species:
Z. subcarinatus
Binomial name
Zeacumantus subcarinatus
(Sowerby II, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Cerithidea tricarinata Hutton, 1883
  • Cerithium subcarinatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855 (basionym)

Zeacumantus subcarinatus, common name the southern creeper, is a species of small sea snail or mud snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Batillariidae.[1]

Distribution

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This species is found on the coasts of New Zealand and Australia (New South Wales).

Description

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The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 16 mm.

References

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  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Zeacumantus subcarinatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1855)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Miller M & Batt G, Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand, William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973
  • Ozawa, T., Köhler, F., Reid, D.G. & Glaubrecht, M. (2009). Tethyan relicts on continental coastlines of the northwestern Pacific Ocean and Australasia: molecular phylogeny and fossil record of batillariid gastropods (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea). Zoologica Scripta, 38: 503-525
  • Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
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