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Sea slugs & snails

Banded Vertagus

Rhinoclavis fasciata

Also known as: Banded Creeper, Pharoah's Horn

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Adult
@blogie · Angel's Cove, Talikud Island, Island Garden City of Samal, Philippines · October 20111 / 1
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Overview

Found singly or in colonies, during the day under dead corals and on sand, out at night foraging for food.

Ceriths are found worldwide in warm waters usually collected for their beautiful shells.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
swirl
Body shape
coneshells
Behaviour
hidesloose groupsnocturnalsolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
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Found singly or in colonies, during the day under dead corals and on sand, out at night foraging for food.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumMollusca
    3. classGastropoda
    4. orderCaenogastropoda incertae sedis
    5. familyCerithiidae
    6. genusRhinoclavis
    7. speciesRhinoclavis fasciata (Bruguière, 1792)

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