Aluco creeper
Pseudovertagus aluco
- Usual depth1–16 m
- Water temperature15–30 °C
- Best monthsJune, July, and August
- How commonRare
About this species
Pseudovertagus aluco, common name aluco vertagus or Cuming's cerith, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae, the ceriths.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Pseudovertagus aluco”, 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: 9 records
- March: 7 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 12 records
- June: 20 records
- July: 20 records
- August: 20 records
- September: 11 records
- October: 10 records
- November: 10 records
- December: 12 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–16 m · Deepest record: 26 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 15–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Aluco creeper, Aluco vertagus, Cuming's cerith, Spotted cerith, aluco creeper, aluco vertagus, spotted cerith
Names in 2 more languages
- German
- Gefleckte Hornschnecke
- Japanese
- ツノブエ
Other scientific names: Aluco fuscus, Cerithium (Aluco) aluco, Cerithium (Pseudovertagus) aluco, Cerithium (Vertagus) aluco, Cerithium aluco, Cerithium cumingii, Cerithium turriformis, Murex aluco, Murex coronatus, Pseudovertagus (Pseudovertagus) aluco, Rhinoclavis aluco, Strombus coronatus, Vertagus aluco, Vertagus cumingii
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).
- 359 open-data records from 1903 to 2022.
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