Cerithiidae – Bittiinae: Cacozeliana icarus (Bayle, 1880) (‘icarus creeper’)
Synonym(s): icarus Bayle, 1880.
Typical shell-length 12 mm. Lives intertidally and subtidally on sand and mud. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA).
Classification
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Cerithiimorpha – Cerithiimorpha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Cerithiidae
Subfamily: Bittiinae
Genus: Cacozeliana
Localities for Cacozeliana icarus
Black River Beach: southern end
Cape Barren Island: Thunder & Lightning Bay
Cape Portland: Home Beach
Cape Portland: Petal Point
Cape Portland: Roses Bay
Cape Portland (unlocalised)
Curtis Island
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Bay
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Beach: southern end
Flinders Island: Killiecrankie: foreshore
Flinders Island: Lady Barron: Fisher Island
Flinders Island (unlocalised)
Greens Beach: main beach
Pirates Bay: Fossil Island
Tamar River: Kelso: foreshore
Tasmania (unlocalised)
Waterhouse Point