Septa occidentalis Atlantic ruby triton, Pale Triton, Small Beaded Triton

Septa occidentalis is commonly referred to as Atlantic ruby triton, Pale Triton, Small Beaded Triton. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

18444 

AphiaID:

476588 

Scientific:

Septa occidentalis 

German:

Gehäuseschnecke 

English:

Atlantic Ruby Triton, Pale Triton, Small Beaded Triton 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cymatiidae (Family) > Septa (Genus) > occidentalis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Mörch, ), 1877 

Occurrence:

Sint Eustatius and Saba, Aruba, Bermuda, Brazil, Central Pazific, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, Indo Pacific, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Marschall Islands, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), Queensland (Australia), Saint Martin / Sint Maarten, Spain, the Canary Islands, the Caribbean, Timor 

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 - 128 Meter 

Habitats:

in or under dead corals, Rubble floors 

Size:

1.57" - 2.36" (4cm - 6cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 86 °F (°C - 30°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Copepods, Snails 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Septa occidentalis
  Gehäuseschnecke
• 
  Septa rubecula
  Rubin-Triton, Rotbrust-Triton, Rotkehlchen-Triton

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Septa hepatica
  Streifen-Triton
• 
  Septa marerubra
  Rote Triton

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-06-28 20:41:31 

Last edit:

2026-06-30 09:11:34 

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