Gyrineum natator Tuberculate Gyre Triton

Gyrineum natator is commonly referred to as Tuberculate Gyre Triton. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

18398 

AphiaID:

0 

Scientific:

Gyrineum natator 

German:

Tuberkel Triton 

English:

Tuberculate Gyre Triton 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cymatiidae (Family) > Gyrineum (Genus) > natator (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Röding, ), 1798 

Occurrence:

India, Japan, Madagascar, Mozambique, Thailand 

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:

2 - 10 Meter 

Habitats:

Coastal waters, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Under rocks, Underwater caves, Underwater caverns 

Size:

0.79" - 1.97" (2,5cm - 5,0cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Clams, Hydrozoa polyps, Predatory, Sponges, Worms, Zoobenthos 

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:

• Gyrineum bituberculare
• 
  Gyrineum gyrinum
  Kaulquappen Triton, Braunweißband-Triton
• 
  Gyrineum natator
  Tuberkel Triton

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Gyrineum lacunatum
  Purpur Triton
• 
  Gyrineum roseum
  Rosa Triton

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-06-10 16:43:04 

Last edit:

2026-06-10 16:55:27 

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