[1] Cerithium litteratum has been living in shallower waters and reefs of the Western Central Atlantic Ocean, from South Carolina to Florida including the Gulf of Mexico in North America over Central America (Belize) to South America (Brazil), and has been documented in the Indian Ocean.

[1] It prefers water temperatures and ecosystems associated with a tropical climate.

[3] As of 2010[update] the maximum recorded shell length has been 34 mm.

[6] Fish prey on the snail, and the Caribbean hogfish, Lachnolaimus maximus for example, can crush the mollusc with its jaw.

Biomechanical research has found Cerithium predation to be limited by force, rather than by the gape of the jaw.