Cerithium matukense
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| image = Cerithium matukense (MNHN-IM-2013-64042).jpeg
| image_caption = Shell of Cerithium matukense (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
| taxon = Cerithium matukense
| authority = Watson, 1880
| synonyms = Cerithium (Proclava) matukense (Watson, 1880)
Cerithium turritellaeforme Wissema, 1947
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Cerithium matukense is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.{{WRMS species|473107|Cerithium matukense Watson, 1880||17 May 2010}}
Description
The shell is turreted, slender and elongate, with 15-23 straight-sided whorls with an apical angle of 20 degrees.{{Cite web |last=Houbrick |first=Richard S. |date=1992 |title=Monograph of the genus Cerithium Bruguiere in the Indo-Pacific (Cerithiidae: Prosobranchia) |url=https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/5554 |website=Smithsonian Research Online}} The shell can reach 70.5 mm length and 18.2 mm width. The snail itself has a short, wide snout with thick cephalic tentacles and tiny black eyes.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the western Pacific and the Indian Ocean, near the Philippines, Fiji, New Caledonia, Borneo, Guam, and the Kermadecs, and has been found near Hawaii.
Diet
References
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- Wissema G.G. (1947). Young Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda from the Island of Nias (Malay Archipelago). 212 pp., 6 plates, 1 map. Leiden: Becherer.
- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press
- Hasegawa K. (2017). Family Cerithiidae. pp. 788–793, in: T. Okutani (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp.
External links
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- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/99383 Watson R.B. (1879-1883). Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. Journal of the Linnean Society (London). 14: 506-529, 586-605, 692-716 [1879]; 15: 87-126, 217-230 [1880], 245-274, 388-412, 413-455, 457-475 [1881]; 16: 247-254, 324-343, 358-372, 373-392 [1882], 594-611 [1883]; 17: 26-40, 112-130, 284-293, 319-340, 341-346]
- [http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Zoology/pdf_hi/SCTZ-0510.pdf Houbrick R.S. (1992). Monograph of the genus Cerithium Bruguière in the Indo-Pacific (Cerithiidae: Prosobranchia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 510: 1-211]
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Category:Gastropods described in 1880
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