Semiricinula tissoti Tissot's Rock Shell

Semiricinula tissoti is commonly referred to as Tissot's Rock Shell. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

18578 

AphiaID:

714217 

Scientific:

Semiricinula tissoti 

German:

Tissots Felsenschnecke 

English:

Tissot's Rock Shell 

Category:

Lumache 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricidae (Family) > Semiricinula (Genus) > tissoti (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Petit de la Saussaye, ), 1852 

Occurrence:

East Africa, India, KwaZulu-Natal (Province East Coast South Africa), Red Sea, South-Africa, 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:

Coastal waters, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.39" - 1.18" (1,5cm - 3,0cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Invertebrates, No reliable information available, Predatory 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Semiricinula bozzettii
• Semiricinula chrysostoma
• Semiricinula fusca
• Semiricinula hadrolineae
• Semiricinula konkanensis
• Semiricinula muricina
• Semiricinula muricoides
• Semiricinula squamigera
• Semiricinula squamosa
• 
  Semiricinula tissoti
  Tissots Felsenschnecke
• Semiricinula turbinoides
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-08-30 17:38:54 

Last edit:

2026-08-30 17:56:07 

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