Pseudovertagus Explained

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

Species

Species within the genus Pseudovertagus include:

• Pseudovertagus aluco (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Pseudovertagus clava (Gmelin, 1791)
• Pseudovertagus elegans Bozzetti, 2006
• Pseudovertagus nobilis (Reeve, 1855)
• Pseudovertagus peroni Wilson, 1975
• Pseudovertagus phylarchus (Iredale, 1929)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Pseudovertagus excelsior Iredale, 1930: synonym of Pseudovertagus phylarchus (Iredale, 1929)

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