About this species
Ittibittium houbricki is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Ittibittium houbricki”, 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: 2 records
- February: 3 records
- March: 26 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 5 records
- August: 5 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 17–22 °C
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Bittium houbricki
Similar species
Prickly Horn SnailCerithium echinatum
Pillar CreeperCerithium columna
Coral CerithCerithium coralium
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).
- 59 open-data records from 1909 to 1981.
- Species data updated November 3, 2026.
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