Pillar Creeper

About this species

Cerithium columna is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Cerithium columna”, 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: 33 records
February: 33 records
March: 31 records
April: 25 records
May: 38 records
June: 32 records
July: 60 records
August: 33 records
September: 26 records
October: 57 records
November: 26 records
December: 64 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–48 m · Deepest record: 55 m

0–10 m: 8 records
10–20 m: 8 records
20–30 m: 4 records
30–40 m: 2 records
40–50 m: 3 records
50–60 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C

18–20 °C: 2 records
20–22 °C: 9 records
22–24 °C: 39 records
24–26 °C: 163 records
26–28 °C: 228 records
28–30 °C: 187 records

Photos

(c) Saryu Mae 前朝琉, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Takaaki Hattori, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Attila Oláh, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Takaaki Hattori, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Pillar Creeper

Names in 3 more languages

Japanese: コオニノツノ, コオニノツノガイ
Thai: หอยขี้นกปุ่มเล็ก
Simplified Chinese: 塔蟹守螺

Other scientific names: Cerithium citrinoide, Cerithium cylindraceum, Cerithium fusiforme, Cerithium menkei, Cerithium munitoides, Cerithium peasei, Cerithium proditum, Cerithium sandvichense, Cerithium sculptum, Cerithium siphonatum

Similar species

Prickly Horn Snail
Cerithium echinatum
Coral Cerith
Cerithium coralium
Cerithium nesioticum
Nadelschnecke giant knobbed cerith
Cerithium nodulosum
Cerithium rostratum
Cerithium zebrum

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).
681 open-data records from 1834 to 2014.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.