Bittium glareosum
- Water temperature18–30 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, October, and December
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Bittium glareosum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Bittium glareosum”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 35 records
- February: 7 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 29 records
- May: 30 records
- June: 32 records
- July: 18 records
- August: 25 records
- September: 28 records
- October: 36 records
- November: 17 records
- December: 41 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 18–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- ノミカニモリ
- Korean
- 눈줄고둥
- Simplified Chinese
- 褐線蟹守螺
Other scientific names: Bittium perpusillum, Cerithiopsis satomii, Cerithium pusillum
Similar species
Prickly Horn SnailCerithium echinatum
Pillar CreeperCerithium columna
Coral CerithCerithium coralium
Nadelschnecke giant knobbed cerithCerithium nodulosum
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 519 open-data records from 1874 to 2023.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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