Cittarium pica West Indian Topshell, Magpie Shell

Cittarium pica is commonly referred to as West Indian Topshell, Magpie Shell. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

1714 

AphiaID:

419449 

Scientific:

Cittarium pica 

German:

Westindische Kreiselschnecke, Elsterschnecke 

English:

West Indian Topshell, Magpie Shell 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Trochida (Order) > Tegulidae (Family) > Cittarium (Genus) > pica (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Aruba, Belize, Bonaire, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Jamaica, Panama, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela, Western Indian Ocean 

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:

0 - 7 Meter 

Habitats:

Coastal waters, Coral reefs, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Seawater, Sea water, Stony soils 

Size:

0.39" - 5.12" (1cm - 13,7cm) 

Temperature:

26,8 °F - 28,2 °F (26,8°C - 28,2°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Deposit feeder 

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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  Cittarium pica
  Westindische Kreiselschnecke, Elsterschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2005-10-29 16:53:05 

Last edit:

2026-02-12 15:52:56 

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