Neostylidium eschrichtii Giant Pacific Bittium , Threaded Bittium, Eschricht's Bittium

Neostylidium eschrichtii is commonly referred to as Giant Pacific Bittium , Threaded Bittium, Eschricht's Bittium. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

18452 

AphiaID:

744620 

Scientific:

Neostylidium eschrichtii 

German:

Eschrichts Nadelschnecke 

English:

Giant Pacific Bittium , Threaded Bittium, Eschricht's Bittium 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

(Middendorff, ), 1849 

Occurrence:

Alaska East Coast USA, California, USA 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.39" - 1.18" (1,0cm - 3,0cm) 

Food:

Detritus, Diatoms, 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:

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  Neostylidium eschrichtii
  Eschrichts Nadelschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-07-02 20:26:08 

Last edit:

2026-07-02 20:33:08 

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