Warning: session_start(): open(e:\temp\sess_q6vv95s0ffdo0dttnirh88au25, O_RDWR) failed: Permission denied (13) in C:\Apache24\htdocs\includes\lang_session.php on line 4
Rhinoclavis sinensis
Rhinoclavis sinensis (Gmelin, 1791)
Obelisk vertagus
Rhinoclavis sinensis
photo by Coltro, Marcus

Family:  Cerithiidae (ceriths)
Max. size:  7 cm SHL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthic; marine; depth range 0 - 23 m
Distribution:  Indo-Pacific.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Collected for food and its shell where abundant (Ref. 349). Common, and frequently heavily preyed upon by other gastropods such as ranellids, muricids and naticids, or by crabs (Ref. 349). Members of the family Cerithiidae are herbivore-deposit feeders (Ref. 1385).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans:  harmless
Country info:   
 

Source and more info: www.sealifebase.org. For personal, classroom, and other internal use only. Not for publication.



Warning: Unknown: open(e:\temp\sess_q6vv95s0ffdo0dttnirh88au25, O_RDWR) failed: Permission denied (13) in Unknown on line 0

Warning: Unknown: Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct (e:\temp) in Unknown on line 0