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Pseudovertagus

Pseudovertagus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cerithiidae.

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Pseudovertagus
Five views of a shell of Pseudovertagus aluco
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Cerithiidae
Genus: Pseudovertagus
Vignal, 1904
Synonyms1

Pseudovertagus (Pseudovertagus) Vignal, 1904

Pseudovertagus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cerithiidae.1

Species

Species within the genus Pseudovertagus include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Pseudovertagus excelsior Iredale, 1930: synonym of Pseudovertagus phylarchus (Iredale, 1929)
References

References

  • Houbrick R.S. (1978). The family Cerithiidae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1: the genera Rhinoclavis, Pseudovertagus and Clavocerithium. Monographs of Marine Mollusca 1: 1-130