Cerithium zonatum

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth0–55 m
Water temperature13–30 °C
Best monthsJuly, August, and September
How commonRare

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Photo credit: (c) Lachlan Copeland, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

About this species

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

Text from the Wikipedia article “Cerithium zonatum”, 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: 15 records
February: 16 records
March: 6 records
April: 15 records
May: 11 records
June: 20 records
July: 23 records
August: 22 records
September: 22 records
October: 10 records
November: 12 records
December: 10 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

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

0–10 m: 6 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 2 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 13–30 °C

12–14 °C: 1 records
14–16 °C: 0 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 10 records
24–26 °C: 85 records
26–28 °C: 76 records
28–30 °C: 80 records

Names and classification

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: ヒメクワノミカニモリ

Other scientific names: Cerithium alternatum, Cerithium asperum, Cerithium gemma, Cerithium gentile, Cerithium heteroclites, Cerithium lemniscatum, Cerithium luctuosum, Cerithium millepunctatum, Cerithium nitidum, Cerithium philippinense, Cerithium probleema, Cerithium purpurascens, Cerithium robustum, Cerithium splendens, Cerithium tesselatum, Cerithium zonatus, Clypeomorus zonatus, Strombus zonatus

Similar species

Prickly Horn Snail
Cerithium echinatum
Pillar Creeper
Cerithium columna
Coral Cerith
Cerithium coralium
Cerithium nesioticum
Nadelschnecke giant knobbed cerith
Cerithium nodulosum
Cerithium rostratum

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).
289 open-data records from 1828 to 2023.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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