Cerithium egenum needle snail

Cerithium egenum is commonly referred to as needle snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: Easy. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended.

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lexID:

3946 

AphiaID:

180921 

Scientific:

Cerithium egenum 

German:

Nadelschnecke 

English:

Needle Snail 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order) > Cerithiidae (Family) > Cerithium (Genus) > egenum (Species) 

Initial determination:

Gould, 1849 

Occurrence:

Australia, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Red Sea, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Size:

up to 0.79" (2 cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 89.6 °F (24°C - 32°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Detritus 

Tank:

22 gal (~ 100L)  

Difficulty:

Easy 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

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
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

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

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-12-01 19:29:54 

Last edit:

2020-08-10 13:25:50 

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