Pyrazus ebeninus
Hercules club mud whelk | |
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Species: | P. ebeninus
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Pyrazus ebeninus (Bruguière, 1792)
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Pyrazus ebeninus, commonly known as Hercules club mud whelk, mud whelk, Hercules club whelk, or Hercules whelk, is a species of
mud flats.[3]
Other names formerly ascribed to the species have been Clava herculea (Martyn, 1784); Cerithium ebeninum (Bruguière, 1792); Pyrazus baudini (Montfort, 1810); Lampania angulifera (Sowerby, 1866); and Pyrazus herculea.[2][4]
The species is most abundant in
ballast water brought in by ships, and growing beds of razorfish (Pinna bicolor) beds and oyster reefs have provided nurseries for the whelk.[5] One sighting was posted on iNaturalist on 28 September 2022.[6]
References
- ^ Pyrazus ebeninus (Bruguière, 1792). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
- ^ a b "Species: Pyrazus ebeninus (Hercules Club Whelk)". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ^ "Pyrazus ebeninus". Seashells of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ^ "Species Pyrazus ebeninus (Bruguière, 1792)". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- ^ Horn, Caroline (24 July 2023). "Hercules welk discovered in Adelaide's Port River as razorfish beds, oyster reefs grow". ABC News (Australia). Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- ^ "The Recent Discovery of Hercules Club Mud Whelks (Pyrazus ebeninus) in the Port River System". Marine Life Society of South Australia. 3 July 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
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