Tonicia schrammi Gold-flecked Chiton, Schramm's Chiton

Tonicia schrammi is commonly referred to as Gold-flecked Chiton, Schramm's Chiton. 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:

18423 

AphiaID:

386334 

Scientific:

Tonicia schrammi 

German:

Goldfleck-Chiton, Schramms Käferschnecke 

English:

Gold-flecked Chiton, Schramm's Chiton 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Chitonida (Order) > Chitonidae (Family) > Tonicia (Genus) > schrammi (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Shuttleworth, ), 1856 

Occurrence:

Bermuda, Columbia, Curacao, Gulf of Mexico, Puerto Rico, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, Trindade and Martim Vaz, USA 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

0 - 49 Meter 

Habitats:

Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

3,0 cm 

Temperature:

23,5 °F - 82.4 °F (23,5°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes 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:

• Tonicia arnheimi
• Tonicia atrata
• 
  Tonicia calbucensis
  Rosa Gürtel Tonicia, Calbuco Käferschnecke
• Tonicia chilensis
• Tonicia disjuncta
• Tonicia forbesii
• Tonicia horniana
• Tonicia lebruni
• Tonicia rubridens
• 
  Tonicia schrammi
  Goldfleck-Chiton, Schramms Käferschnecke
• Tonicia smithi
• Tonicia swainsoni
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-06-21 16:34:11 

Last edit:

2026-06-21 16:50:03 

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