Nadelschnecke giant knobbed cerith

About this species

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

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 21 records
February: 18 records
March: 17 records
April: 14 records
May: 15 records
June: 24 records
July: 45 records
August: 42 records
September: 18 records
October: 29 records
November: 9 records
December: 20 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 3–15 m · Deepest record: 50 m

0–10 m: 42 records
10–20 m: 15 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C

20–22 °C: 2 records
22–24 °C: 2 records
24–26 °C: 59 records
26–28 °C: 97 records
28–30 °C: 100 records

Photos

(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Takaaki Hattori, 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) Анна Митрошенкова, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Karim Haddad, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Nadelschnecke giant knobbed cerith

Names in 3 more languages

German: Große Höckrige
Japanese: オニノツノガイ
Simplified Chinese: 寶塔蟹守螺

Other scientific names: Cerithium (Contumax) nodulosum, Cerithium curvirostra, Cerithium omissum, Cerithium tuberosum, Contumax decollatus, Contumax hedleyi, Contumax nodulosus, Mathilda eurytima, Murex tuberosus

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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).
506 open-data records from 1779 to 2023.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.