Coral Cerith
Cerithium coralium
- Usual depth0–2 m
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsJune
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Cerithium coralium is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Cerithium coralium”, 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: 20 records
- February: 12 records
- March: 26 records
- April: 30 records
- May: 22 records
- June: 97 records
- July: 38 records
- August: 28 records
- September: 45 records
- October: 37 records
- November: 23 records
- December: 26 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–2 m · Deepest record: 2 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Photos
(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) JH, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Coral Cerith
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- コゲツノブエ
- Simplified Chinese
- 珊瑚蟹守螺
Other scientific names: Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) ickei, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) nanggulanense, Cerithium (Thericium) coralium, Cerithium duffieldi, Cerithium eojavanum, Cerithium granosum, Cerithium ickei, Cerithium mitraeforme, Cerithium nanggulanense, Cerithium ustum, Clypeomorus coralium
Similar species
Prickly Horn SnailCerithium echinatum
Pillar CreeperCerithium columna
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).
- 595 open-data records from 1821 to 2021.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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