Coral Cerith
Cerithium coralium
Category: Sea Snails & Nudibranchs
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Caenogastropoda incertae sedis
- Family
- Cerithiidae
- Genus
- Cerithium
Where to Find
Found in 16 diving areas across 12 countries and 5 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 3 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 5 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 5 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 3 records
- Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 1 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 3 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 3 records
- Siargao, Philippines - 2 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 6 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 13 records
- Hoi An & Cu Lao Cham, Vietnam - 3 records