Puperita pupa Zebra Nerite

Puperita pupa is commonly referred to as Zebra Nerite. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

18145 

AphiaID:

419513 

Scientific:

Puperita pupa 

German:

Zebra-Nixenschnecke 

English:

Zebra Nerite 

Category:

Escargots de mer 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cycloneritida (Order) > Neritidae (Family) > Puperita (Genus) > pupa (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1767 

Occurrence:

Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands 

Marine Zone:

Supratidal (Supralitoral), spray water area (splash water area) above the tidal influence where the influence of the sea clearly outweighs that of the land. 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Brackish water, Coral reefs, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rock crevices, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Tide pools / rock pools 

Size:

1,3 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Detritus, Diatoms, Herbivorous, Microalgae  

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Puperita pupa
  Zebra-Nixenschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-02-12 13:06:00 

Last edit:

2026-02-12 13:20:47 

Info

Pictures

Commonly

Husbandry know-how of owners