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Square-mouthed False-creeper
Ataxocerithium serotinum (A. Adams, 1855)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  family Newtoniellidae »  genus Ataxocerithium

Scientific synonyms

Cerithium serotinum A. Adams, 1855

Images

Ataxocerithium serotinum - Square-mouthed False-creeper

Author: Jan Delsing

Ataxocerithium serotinum - Square-mouthed False-creeper

Author: Jan Delsing

Ataxocerithium serotinum - Square-mouthed False-creeper

Author: Wilson, B.

Ataxocerithium serotinum - Square-mouthed False-creeper

Author: Macpherson & Gabriel

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Description

Shell small, elongate, white, cream, pale brown or light pink. Spire slightly more than three-quarters the length of shell, the whorls of which are somewhat rounded and cancellated by longitudinal riblets and concentric ridges ; this sculpture is less conspicuous towards the anterior end; sutures deeply impressed. Interior cream. Aperture ovate; outer lip sharp, crenulated; columella reflected; anterior canal somewhat contracted, short. Size: 0,75 inch.
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J., 1962. Marine Molluscs of Victoria.

Interchangeable taxa

The shell is not of frequent occurrence on our shores and because of the fineness of its outer lip usually comes in a more or less damaged condition. The characteristic cancellate ornament will serve as a useful recognition mark and the species cannot be confused with any other shell in Victoria.
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J., 1962. Marine Molluscs of Victoria.

Distribution

New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania through Bass Strait to South Australia.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Ataxocerithium serotinum (Adams, 1855)]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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