Rhinoclavis
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| Apertural view of a shell of Rhinoclavis vertagus. | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Cerithiidae |
| Subfamily: | Cerithiinae |
| Genus: |
Rhinoclavis Swainson, 1840 |
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Rhinoclavis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiidae, the ceriths.
Species in this genus occur throughout the Indo-Pacific, the Marshall Islands, the Solomon Islands, the Philippines, Australia and the Gulf of Aqaba. These deposit-feeding gastropods can be found in clearer shallow water in coral reefs, preferring sandy to muddy bottoms.
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WORMS), Rhinoclavis consists of the following subgenera and species:
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