Cerithium protractum sea snail

Cerithium protractum is commonly referred to as sea snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: facile. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended.

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lexID:

6495 

AphiaID:

139063 

Scientific:

Cerithium protractum 

German:

Nadelschnecke 

English:

Sea Snail 

Category:

Escargots de mer 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838 

Occurrence:

Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), European Coasts, North Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea 

Size:

up to 1.34" (3.4 cm) 

Temperature:

50 °F - 77 °F (10°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Detritus 

Tank:

11 gal (~ 50L)  

Difficulty:

facile 

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:

2013-12-10 19:36:37 

Last edit:

2013-12-10 19:36:37 

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