Cerithium nodulosum Giant Knobbed Cerith, Knobby Cerith

Cerithium nodulosum is commonly referred to as Giant Knobbed Cerith, Knobby Cerith. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

17715 

AphiaID:

139062 

Scientific:

Cerithium nodulosum 

German:

Große Höckrige Nadelschnecke, Riesenknotenschnecke 

English:

Giant Knobbed Cerith, Knobby Cerith 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda incertae sedis (Order) > Cerithiidae (Family) > Cerithium (Genus) > nodulosum (Species) 

Initial determination:

Bruguière, 1792 

Occurrence:

Suez-Kanal, Aldabra Group, Australia, East Africa, European Coasts, Fiji, Indian Ocean, Israel, Japan, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, North Atlantic Ocean, South-Pazific, Tansania, the Mediterranean Sea, Tuvalu 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

1 - 50 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Lagoons, Rocky reefs, Sandy sea floors, Seaward facing reefs, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

4.72" - 5.91" (12cm - 15cm) 

Temperature:

24,5 °F - 84.2 °F (24,5°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Detritus, Herbivorous 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Cerithium abditum
• Cerithium africanum
• Cerithium albolineatum
• Cerithium alucastrum
• Cerithium amirantium
• 
  Cerithium atratum
  Dunkle Nadelschnecke
• 
  Cerithium atromarginatum
  Schwarzlippen-Nadelschnecke
• Cerithium balletoni
• Cerithium balteatum
• Cerithium bayeri
• Cerithium boeticum
• Cerithium buzzurroi
• 
  Cerithium caeruleum
  Schwarze Nadelschnecke
• Cerithium cecalupoi
• Cerithium citrinum
• Cerithium claviforme
• Cerithium columna
• Cerithium coralium
• Cerithium crassilabrum
• Cerithium dialeucum
• Cerithium eburneum
• 
  Cerithium echinatum
  Nadelschnecke
• 
  Cerithium egenum
  Nadelschnecke
• Cerithium flemischi
• Cerithium gemmatum
• Cerithium gloriosum
• 
  Cerithium guinaicum
  Nadelschnecke
• Cerithium ivani
• Cerithium kreukelorum
• Cerithium leptocharactum
• Cerithium lindae
• 
  Cerithium litteratum
  Veränderliche Nadelschnecke
• Cerithium lividulum
• Cerithium lutosum
• Cerithium mangrovum
• Cerithium matukense
• Cerithium menkei
• Cerithium muscarum
• Cerithium nesioticum
• 
  Cerithium nodulosum
  Große Höckrige Nadelschnecke, Riesenknotenschnecke
• Cerithium ophioderma
• Cerithium pacificum
• 
  Cerithium protractum
  Nadelschnecke
• 
  Cerithium punctatum
  Gepunktete Nadelschnecke
• Cerithium renovatum
• Cerithium rostratum
• Cerithium salebrosum
• 
  Cerithium scabridum
  Nadelschnecke
• Cerithium scobiniforme
• Cerithium stigmosum
• Cerithium subscalatum
• 
  Cerithium vulgatum
  Gewöhnliche Nadelschnecke
• 
  Cerithium zebrum
  Zebra-Nadelschnecke
• Cerithium zonatum
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More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Cerithium sp. 03
  Nadelschnecke
• 
  Cerithium sp.04
  Nadelschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-09-09 19:35:09 

Last edit:

2025-09-09 19:47:54 

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