Trochus maculatus Mottled Topsnail, Maculated Top Shell, Spotted Top Shell

Trochus maculatus is commonly referred to as Mottled Topsnail, Maculated Top Shell, Spotted Top Shell. 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:

18468 

AphiaID:

216349 

Scientific:

Trochus maculatus 

German:

Gefleckte Kreiselschnecke 

English:

Mottled Topsnail, Maculated Top Shell, Spotted Top Shell 

Category:

Моллюски 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Trochida (Order) > Trochidae (Family) > Trochus (Genus) > maculatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Linnaeus, 1758 

Occurrence:

Aldabra Group, Australia, Bali, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Egypt, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Melanesia, New Caledonia, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Singapore, Tansania 

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:

1 - 10 Meter 

Habitats:

Coastal waters, Coral reefs, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Lagoons, Rocky reefs, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seaward facing reefs, Seawater, Sea water, Under rocks 

Size:

0.79" - 2.76" (2,5cm - 7cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Herbivorous 

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:

• Trochus calcaratus
• Trochus camelophorus
• Trochus cariniferus
• Trochus concinnus
• Trochus erithreus
• Trochus ferreirai
• Trochus firmus
• Trochus flammulatus
• Trochus fultoni
• Trochus histrio
• 
  Trochus intextus
  Schnecke
• Trochus kochii
• 
  Trochus maculatus
  Gefleckte Kreiselschnecke
• Trochus nigropunctatus
• Trochus obesus
• Trochus ochroleucus
• Trochus stellatus
• Trochus subincarnatus
• Trochus tubiferus
• Trochus zhangi
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Trochus nanhai
  Kreiselschnecke, Kegelschnecke
• 
  Trochus parvus
  Kreiselschnecke
• 
  Trochus sp.01
  Turbo Schnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-07-10 12:53:36 

Last edit:

2026-07-10 13:08:39 

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