Rhinoclavis vertagus

Rhinoclavis vertagus, common name the common creeper, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae, the ceriths. R.vertagus is most commonly found in intertidal sand flats

Description
R. vertagus has a cone shaped shell most commonly bearing white, grey and brown colors.The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 80 mm. Members of the order Neotaenioglossa are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.

They are collected mainly for their shell, though occasionally eaten.

Distribution
This species occurs in Australia, Philippines, and in the Indo-west Pacific from east Africa to Vanuatu as a whole.