Pseudovertagus aluco

This species is present in the Indo-Pacific from the Eastern Africa to Philippines, and in Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia), the Samoan Islands and New Caledonia.{{Gastropods.com|key=1|id=21|title=Pseudovertagus aluco|access-date=12 January 2019}}[http://www.sealifebase.org/summary/Pseudovertagus-aluco.html Sealife Base]

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Pseudovertagus aluco can be found on sand-bars at the high tide level, on tidalflats, on clean sand and coralrubble.{{cite Q|Q58676917}}Jenny Sa ¨ lgeback and Enrico Savazzi [https://www.academia.edu/5576029/Constructional_morphology_of_cerithiform_gastropods Constructional morphology of cerithiform gastropods]

Shell of Pseudovertagus aluco can reach a length of {{convert|45|-|95|mm}}. This species possess high-spired shells with a small aperture and a few spiral rows of tubercles.

These sea snails usually extend their proboscis and foot deep into the sediments, rather than burrowing below the surface.

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Category:Cerithiidae

Category:Gastropods described in 1758

Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus