Clithon colombarium Dovecote Clithon

Clithon colombarium is commonly referred to as Dovecote Clithon. 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:

18373 

AphiaID:

1823367 

Scientific:

Clithon colombarium 

German:

Taubenschlag Geweihschnecke 

English:

Dovecote Clithon 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cycloneritida (Order) > Neritidae (Family) > Clithon (Genus) > colombarium (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Récluz, ), 1846 

Occurrence:

Indonesia, Sri Lanka 

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:

Meter 

Habitats:

Brackish water, Coastal waters, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Rocky, hard seabeds 

Size:

0" - 0.79" (0,5cm - 2,5cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Herbivorous 

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:

• Clithon angulosum
• Clithon aspersum
• Clithon avellanum
• Clithon bicolor
• Clithon castaneum
• Clithon celatum
• Clithon chlorostomum
• Clithon circumvolutum
• Clithon corona
• Clithon coronatum
• Clithon cryptum
• Clithon diadema
• Clithon dispar
• Clithon dominguense
• Clithon donovani
• Clithon dringii
• Clithon eudeli
• Clithon faba
• Clithon flavovirens
• Clithon francoisi
• Clithon fuliginosum
• Clithon glabratum
• Clithon leachii
• Clithon lentiginosum
• Clithon luctuosum
• Clithon madecassinum
• Clithon mertonianum
• Clithon michaudi
• Clithon nigrispinis
• Clithon nucleolus
• Clithon olivaceum
• Clithon oualaniense
• Clithon parvulum
• Clithon peguense
• Clithon pritchardi
• Clithon pulchellum
• Clithon rarispinum
• Clithon recluzianum
• Clithon reticulare
• Clithon retropictum
• Clithon rugatum
• Clithon ruginosum
• Clithon souleyetanum
• Clithon sowerbianum
• Clithon spiniferum
• Clithon spinosum
• Clithon squarrosum
• Clithon subgranosum
• Clithon subpunctatum
• Clithon teres
• Clithon thermophilum
• Clithon wallacii
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Clithon colombarium
  Taubenschlag Geweihschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-05-25 16:09:27 

Last edit:

2026-05-25 16:15:59 

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