Rhinoclavis vertagus

Common creeper

A Shell of Rhinoclavis vertagus.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Cerithiidae
Subfamily:	Cerithiinae
Genus:	Rhinoclavis
Subgenus:	Rhinoclavis
Species:	R. vertagus
Binomial name
*Rhinoclavis vertagus* (Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms
Cerithium (Rhinoclavis) vertagus (Linnaeus, 1767) (chresonym) Cerithium despectum Perry, 1811 (original combination) Cerithium vertagus (Linnaeus, 1767) (chresonym) Clava varia Humphrey, 1797 Clava vertagus (Linnaeus, 1767) (chresonym) Clava volvax Humphrey, 1797 Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) vertagus (Linnaeus, 1767) · accepted, alternate representation Murex vertagus Linnaeus, 1767 Strombus carminatus Röding, 1798 Vertagus vertagus (Linnaeus, 1767) (chresonym) Vertagus vulgaris ^{Schumacher, 1817}

Rhinoclavis vertagus, common name the common creeper, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae, the ceriths.

The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 80 mm.

This species occurs in Australia and the Philippines.; in the Indo-west Pacific, from east Africa to Vanuatu