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| Five views of a shell of Pseudovertagus aluco | |
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| Species: | P. aluco
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| Pseudovertagus aluco (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Pseudovertagus aluco, common name aluco vertagus or Cuming's cerith, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae, the ceriths.[1][2]
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.[3][4]
Pseudovertagus aluco can be found on sand-bars at the high tide level, on tidalflats, on clean sand and coralrubble.[5][6]
Shell of Pseudovertagus aluco can reach a length of 45–95 millimetres (1.8–3.7 in).[3] 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.[6]