Cantharidus bisbalteatus
Source-cited species reference: taxonomy from WoRMS, biology from SeaLifeBase, occurrence map from GBIF, description from Wikipedia.
Cantharidus bisbalteatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
- Scientific name
- Cantharidus bisbalteatus
- Authority
- Pilsbry, 1901
- Family
- Trochidae
- Order
- Trochida
- Habitat zone
- benthic
- Gbif occurrence records
- 124
Classification (WoRMS)
Full classification as recorded by WoRMS: Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Mollusca · Class: Gastropoda · Order: Trochida · Family: Trochidae · Genus: Cantharidus.
Accepted name: Cantharidus bisbalteatus · Authority: Pilsbry, 1901 · Taxonomic status: accepted · AphiaID: 754156.
Source: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=754156 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Biology and life history (SeaLifeBase)
Measured values published by SeaLifeBase for Cantharidus bisbalteatus. Only fields the database actually holds for this species are shown; these are database values, not aquarium guidance.
Habitat zone: benthic.
Source: SeaLifeBase species summary (SpecCode 172229) — https://www.sealifebase.se/summary/Cantharidus-bisbalteatus.html (CC BY-NC 3.0 — non-commercial use only). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Distribution and occurrence records (GBIF)
124 georeferenced occurrence records for Cantharidus bisbalteatus are published through GBIF from 2 countries or marine areas. The map above plots 13 distinct locations from a sample of 124 records, omitting 6 inland records that carry an institution's coordinates rather than a collection site; it shows where the species has been observed and reported, not a modelled range.
Most records by country or area: Korea, Republic of (119); Japan (5).
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 7376773) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=7376773&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=754156 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Description and natural history (Wikipedia)
The height of the shell attains 12.5 mm, its diameter 9 mm. The imperforate or minutely rimate, glossy shell has an elevated conical shape. It is encircled by a crimson or scarlet belt at the periphery and another bordering the suture below, continuous or interrupted by white streaks or spots, and roseate around the umbilical tract. The intervening spaces are somewhat olivaceous, with a few narrow spirals of alternate blue or white and red-brown dots. Two or three of these spiral lines ascend the spire. Its sculpture consists of slight growth lines and fainter or wholly obsolete fine spiral striae above, and about 6 fine-spaced grooves around the umbilical region, stronger toward the middle. The conic spire has an acute apex. The about 6½ whorls are quite convex. They are separated by an impressed suture. The body whorl is subangular at the periphery and convex beneath. The aperture is oblique, rounded rhombic, pearly and iridescent within, with green, or green and red reflections.
of sulcation. The white columella is concave above, somewhat straightened in the middle. The white columellar area is excavated.
This marine species occurs off Japan
Source: Wikipedia: Cantharidus bisbalteatus — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantharidus_bisbalteatus (CC BY-SA 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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