Gourmya cerith
Gourmya gourmyi
- Usual depth7–92 m
- Water temperature24–26 °C
- Best monthsOctober
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Gourmya gourmyi, commonly known as gourmya cerith, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Gourmya gourmyi”, 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: 1 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 3 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 4 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 7 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 7–92 m · Deepest record: 92 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–26 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Gourmya cerith, gourmya cerith
Names in 1 more languages
- German
- Gourmya-Nadelschnecke
Other scientific names: Cerithium gourmyi
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).
- 46 open-data records from 1971 to 1983.
- Species data updated November 3, 2026.
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