MolluscaBase taxon details
Steromphala cineraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
1039839 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1039839)
accepted
Species
Cantharidus (Strigosella) strigosus (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Gibbula cineraria (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Scrobiculinus strigosus (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Scrobiculinus strigosus var. depressa Pallary, 1920 · unaccepted (synonym)
Scrobiculinus strigosus var. elevata Pallary, 1920 · unaccepted (synonym)
Scrobiculinus strigosus var. rubra Pallary, 1920 · unaccepted (synonym)
Trochus cinerarius Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Trochus cinerarius var. variegata Jeffreys, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym)
Trochus electissimus W. Bean, 1844 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trochus eltoniae R. T. Lowe, 1861 · unaccepted (synonym)
Trochus fumosus R. A. Philippi, 1850 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trochus inflatus Blainville, 1830 · unaccepted (synonym)
Trochus lineolatus Potiez & Michaud, 1838 · unaccepted (synonym)
Trochus littoralis T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trochus perforatus T. Brown, 1838 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trochus philippii Aradas, 1847 · unaccepted (synonym)
Trochus strigosus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(of Trochus cinerarius Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 758 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 758 [details] Available for editors
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Steromphala cineraria (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1039839 on 2026-02-10
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original description
(of Trochus inflatus Blainville, 1830) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1828-1830). Malacozoaires ou Animaux Mollusques. [in] <i>Faune Française</i>. Levrault, Paris 320 p., 48 pl. [livr. 18 (29 Nov. 1828), p. 1-80; livr. 20 (7 March 1829), p. 81-170; livr. 23 (1 Aug. 1829), p. 171-240; livr. 28 (3 July 1830), p. 241-320]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78700
page(s): 275; pl. 11 fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Trochus strigosus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Trochus cinerarius Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 758 [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Trochus electissimus W. Bean, 1844) Thorpe C. (1844). <i>British marine conchology; Being a descriptive catalogue, arranged according to the Lamarckian system, of the salt water shells of Great Britain</i>. London: Edward Lumley. l + 267 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11639230 [details]
original description (of Trochus eltoniae R. T. Lowe, 1861) Lowe, R. T. (1861). A list of shells observed or collected at Mogador and in its immediate environs, during a few days' visit to the place, in April 1859. <em>i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society.</em> 5: 169-204., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8580687
page(s): 174, 178-179 [details]
original description (of Trochus lineolatus Potiez & Michaud, 1838) Potiez, V. L. V. & Michaud, A. L. G. (1838). <i>Galerie des mollusques, ou catalogue méthodique, descriptif et raisonné des mollusques et coquilles du Muséum de Douai</i>. Tome 1, pp. xxxvi + 560 + 4 (Relevé des genres manquants; Errata). Atlas, pp. 1-56, pls I-XXXVII [= 1-37]. Paris: Baillière. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10934167 [details]
original description (of Trochus philippii Aradas, 1847) Aradas A. (1847). Descrizione delle conchiglie fossili di Gravitelli presso Messina. <i>Atti dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali (2) 4</i>: 57-88, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7997915 [details]
original description (of Trochus cinerarius var. variegata Jeffreys, 1865) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187 [details]
original description (of Scrobiculinus strigosus var. depressa Pallary, 1920) Pallary, P. (1920). Exploration scientifique du Maroc organisée par la Société de Géographie de Paris et continuée par la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc. Deuxième fascicule. Malacologie (1912). Rabat et Paris. 108 pp, 1 map, 1 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100432
page(s): 68 [details]
original description (of Scrobiculinus strigosus var. rubra Pallary, 1920) Pallary, P. (1920). Exploration scientifique du Maroc organisée par la Société de Géographie de Paris et continuée par la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc. Deuxième fascicule. Malacologie (1912). Rabat et Paris. 108 pp, 1 map, 1 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100432
page(s): 68 [details]
original description (of Scrobiculinus strigosus var. elevata Pallary, 1920) Pallary, P. (1920). Exploration scientifique du Maroc organisée par la Société de Géographie de Paris et continuée par la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc. Deuxième fascicule. Malacologie (1912). Rabat et Paris. 108 pp, 1 map, 1 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100432
page(s): 68 [details]
original description (of Trochus fumosus R. A. Philippi, 1850) Philippi, R. A. (1850). Diagnosen mehrerer neuer <i>Trochus</i>-Arten. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 6(10): 146–160 (31 March); (11): 168–172 (31 March); (12): 187–192 (30 April); 7(1): 16 (30 April)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300244
page(s): 156 [details]
original description (of Trochus perforatus T. Brown, 1838) Brown, T. (1838-1844). Illustrations of the Recent Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with the description and localities of all the species, marine, land, and fresh water. Second edition, greatly enlarged. London: Smith, Elder, & Co & Edinburgh: MacLachlan and Stewart; London: Smith, Elder, & Co & Edinburgh: MacLachlan and Stewart., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10921172
page(s): viii, 18, pl. 57, figs 9, 10 [details]
original description (of Trochus littoralis T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): iv, pl. 45, figs. 1, 4 [details]
additional source Fischer-Piette E., Gaillard J.-M. & Kisch B.S. (1962). Les variations, du Nord au Sud, de <i>Gibbula cineraria</i> L. et ses rapports avec <i>Calliostoma strigosum</i> Gmel.. <i>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, nouvelle série, série A, Zoologie 28(1)</i>: 32 pp., 12 pl., available online at http://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/EXPLOITATION/infodoc/ged/viewportalpublished.ashx?eid=IFD_FICJOINT_MEAZO_S00A_1962_T028_N001_1 [details]
new combination reference Affenzeller S., Haar N. & Steiner G. (2017). Revision of the genus complex <i>Gibbula</i>: an integrative approach to delineating the Eastern Mediterranean genera <i>Gibbula</i> Risso, 1826, <i>Steromphala</i> Gray, 1847, and <i>Phorcus</i> Risso, 1826 using DNA-barcoding and geometric morphometrics (Vetigastropoda, Trochoidea). <em>Organisms Diversity & Evolution.</em> 17(4): 789-812., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-017-0343-5 [details]
page(s): 275; pl. 11 fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Trochus strigosus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Trochus cinerarius Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 758 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Trochus electissimus W. Bean, 1844) Thorpe C. (1844). <i>British marine conchology; Being a descriptive catalogue, arranged according to the Lamarckian system, of the salt water shells of Great Britain</i>. London: Edward Lumley. l + 267 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11639230 [details]
original description (of Trochus eltoniae R. T. Lowe, 1861) Lowe, R. T. (1861). A list of shells observed or collected at Mogador and in its immediate environs, during a few days' visit to the place, in April 1859. <em>i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society.</em> 5: 169-204., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8580687
page(s): 174, 178-179 [details]
original description (of Trochus lineolatus Potiez & Michaud, 1838) Potiez, V. L. V. & Michaud, A. L. G. (1838). <i>Galerie des mollusques, ou catalogue méthodique, descriptif et raisonné des mollusques et coquilles du Muséum de Douai</i>. Tome 1, pp. xxxvi + 560 + 4 (Relevé des genres manquants; Errata). Atlas, pp. 1-56, pls I-XXXVII [= 1-37]. Paris: Baillière. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10934167 [details]
original description (of Trochus philippii Aradas, 1847) Aradas A. (1847). Descrizione delle conchiglie fossili di Gravitelli presso Messina. <i>Atti dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali (2) 4</i>: 57-88, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7997915 [details]
original description (of Trochus cinerarius var. variegata Jeffreys, 1865) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187 [details]
original description (of Scrobiculinus strigosus var. depressa Pallary, 1920) Pallary, P. (1920). Exploration scientifique du Maroc organisée par la Société de Géographie de Paris et continuée par la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc. Deuxième fascicule. Malacologie (1912). Rabat et Paris. 108 pp, 1 map, 1 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100432
page(s): 68 [details]
original description (of Scrobiculinus strigosus var. rubra Pallary, 1920) Pallary, P. (1920). Exploration scientifique du Maroc organisée par la Société de Géographie de Paris et continuée par la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc. Deuxième fascicule. Malacologie (1912). Rabat et Paris. 108 pp, 1 map, 1 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100432
page(s): 68 [details]
original description (of Scrobiculinus strigosus var. elevata Pallary, 1920) Pallary, P. (1920). Exploration scientifique du Maroc organisée par la Société de Géographie de Paris et continuée par la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc. Deuxième fascicule. Malacologie (1912). Rabat et Paris. 108 pp, 1 map, 1 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100432
page(s): 68 [details]
original description (of Trochus fumosus R. A. Philippi, 1850) Philippi, R. A. (1850). Diagnosen mehrerer neuer <i>Trochus</i>-Arten. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 6(10): 146–160 (31 March); (11): 168–172 (31 March); (12): 187–192 (30 April); 7(1): 16 (30 April)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300244
page(s): 156 [details]
original description (of Trochus perforatus T. Brown, 1838) Brown, T. (1838-1844). Illustrations of the Recent Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with the description and localities of all the species, marine, land, and fresh water. Second edition, greatly enlarged. London: Smith, Elder, & Co & Edinburgh: MacLachlan and Stewart; London: Smith, Elder, & Co & Edinburgh: MacLachlan and Stewart., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10921172
page(s): viii, 18, pl. 57, figs 9, 10 [details]
original description (of Trochus littoralis T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): iv, pl. 45, figs. 1, 4 [details]
additional source Fischer-Piette E., Gaillard J.-M. & Kisch B.S. (1962). Les variations, du Nord au Sud, de <i>Gibbula cineraria</i> L. et ses rapports avec <i>Calliostoma strigosum</i> Gmel.. <i>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, nouvelle série, série A, Zoologie 28(1)</i>: 32 pp., 12 pl., available online at http://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/EXPLOITATION/infodoc/ged/viewportalpublished.ashx?eid=IFD_FICJOINT_MEAZO_S00A_1962_T028_N001_1 [details]
new combination reference Affenzeller S., Haar N. & Steiner G. (2017). Revision of the genus complex <i>Gibbula</i>: an integrative approach to delineating the Eastern Mediterranean genera <i>Gibbula</i> Risso, 1826, <i>Steromphala</i> Gray, 1847, and <i>Phorcus</i> Risso, 1826 using DNA-barcoding and geometric morphometrics (Vetigastropoda, Trochoidea). <em>Organisms Diversity & Evolution.</em> 17(4): 789-812., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-017-0343-5 [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | almindelig topsnegl [from synonym] | [details] |
| Dutch | gewone tolhoren [from synonym]asgrauwe tolhoren [from synonym] | [details] |
| English | painted topshell [from synonym]grey topshell [from synonym]grey top shell [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | graue Kreiselschnecke [from synonym]Friesenkopf [from synonym]bunte J-Kreiselschnecke [from synonym]aschfarbene Kreiselschnecke [from synonym] | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | glattkjeglesnegl [from synonym] | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | glattkjeglesnigel [from synonym] | [details] |
| Swedish | större puckelsnurrsnäcka [from synonym] | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland (from synonym Gibbula cineraria (Linnaeus, 1758))
Marine Life Information Network - UK (from synonym Gibbula cineraria (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes) (from synonym Gibbula cineraria (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Barcode of Life (26 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (119 publications) (from synonym Gibbula cineraria (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (312 publications) (from synonym Trochus cinerarius Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Trochus lineolatus Potiez & Michaud, 1838)
To Dyntaxa (from synonym Gibbula cineraria (Linnaeus, 1758))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Steromphala cineraria)
To GB Mollusca Types (Trochus electissimus Bean in C. Thorpe, 1844; Syntype(s) (possible); NEWHM:HANM.01201) (from synonym Trochus electissimus W. Bean, 1844)
To GenBank (2616 nucleotides; 25 proteins)
To GenBank (2616 nucleotides; 25 proteins) (from synonym Trochus cinerarius Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (2616 nucleotides; 25 proteins) (from synonym Gibbula cineraria (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Malacopics (Steromphala cineraria (Linnaeus, 1758) Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Amsterdam)
To Malacopics (Steromphala cineraria (Linnaeus, 1758) Portugal, Faro, Sagres, Praia Martinhal)
To Malacopics (Steromphala cineraria (Linnaeus,1758) France, Bretagne, Morbihan, Presque'ile de Qu...
To Malacopics (Steromphala cineraria (Linnaeus,1758) Netherlands, Zeeland, Zuid-Beveland, Goes, Sa...
To Malacopics (Steromphala cineraria (Linnaeus,1758) Norway, Nordland, Lofoten Islands)
To PESI (from synonym Trochus electissimus W. Bean, 1844)
To PESI (from synonym Trochus cinerarius Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Trochus eltoniae R. T. Lowe, 1861)
To PESI (from synonym Trochus inflatus Blainville, 1830)
To PESI (from synonym Trochus strigosus Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Gibbula cineraria (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Trochus lineolatus Potiez & Michaud, 1838)
To PESI (from synonym Trochus philippii Aradas, 1847)
To PESI (from synonym Scrobiculinus strigosus (Gmelin, 1791))
To PESI (from synonym Trochus cinerarius var. variegata Jeffreys, 1865)
To PESI (from synonym Scrobiculinus strigosus var. depressa Pallary, 1920)
To PESI (from synonym Scrobiculinus strigosus var. rubra Pallary, 1920)
To PESI (from synonym Scrobiculinus strigosus var. elevata Pallary, 1920)
Marine Life Information Network - UK (from synonym Gibbula cineraria (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes) (from synonym Gibbula cineraria (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Barcode of Life (26 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (119 publications) (from synonym Gibbula cineraria (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (312 publications) (from synonym Trochus cinerarius Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Trochus lineolatus Potiez & Michaud, 1838)
To Dyntaxa (from synonym Gibbula cineraria (Linnaeus, 1758))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Steromphala cineraria)
To GB Mollusca Types (Trochus electissimus Bean in C. Thorpe, 1844; Syntype(s) (possible); NEWHM:HANM.01201) (from synonym Trochus electissimus W. Bean, 1844)
To GenBank (2616 nucleotides; 25 proteins)
To GenBank (2616 nucleotides; 25 proteins) (from synonym Trochus cinerarius Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (2616 nucleotides; 25 proteins) (from synonym Gibbula cineraria (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Malacopics (Steromphala cineraria (Linnaeus, 1758) Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Amsterdam)
To Malacopics (Steromphala cineraria (Linnaeus, 1758) Portugal, Faro, Sagres, Praia Martinhal)
To Malacopics (Steromphala cineraria (Linnaeus,1758) France, Bretagne, Morbihan, Presque'ile de Qu...
To Malacopics (Steromphala cineraria (Linnaeus,1758) Netherlands, Zeeland, Zuid-Beveland, Goes, Sa...
To Malacopics (Steromphala cineraria (Linnaeus,1758) Norway, Nordland, Lofoten Islands)
To PESI (from synonym Trochus electissimus W. Bean, 1844)
To PESI (from synonym Trochus cinerarius Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Trochus eltoniae R. T. Lowe, 1861)
To PESI (from synonym Trochus inflatus Blainville, 1830)
To PESI (from synonym Trochus strigosus Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Gibbula cineraria (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Trochus lineolatus Potiez & Michaud, 1838)
To PESI (from synonym Trochus philippii Aradas, 1847)
To PESI (from synonym Scrobiculinus strigosus (Gmelin, 1791))
To PESI (from synonym Trochus cinerarius var. variegata Jeffreys, 1865)
To PESI (from synonym Scrobiculinus strigosus var. depressa Pallary, 1920)
To PESI (from synonym Scrobiculinus strigosus var. rubra Pallary, 1920)
To PESI (from synonym Scrobiculinus strigosus var. elevata Pallary, 1920)