Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS)

BeRMS taxon details

Steromphala cineraria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Gibbula cineraria (Linnaeus, 1758) northern morphotype

AphiaID

1039839 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1039839)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Steromphala J. E. Gray, 1847

Original name

Trochus cinerarius Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Gibbula cineraria (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted

Trochus cinerarius Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

marine

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.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 758 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Steromphala cineraria (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms./aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1039839 on 2025-05-11

Regional species database citation

VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Steromphala cineraria (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/berms./aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1039839 on 2025-05-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-10-15 20:13:33Z

created

Gofas, Serge

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

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.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 758 [details] Available for editors

new combination reference Affenzeller S., Haar N. & Steiner G. (2017). Revision of the genus complex Gibbula: an integrative approach to delineating the Eastern Mediterranean genera Gibbula Risso, 1826, Steromphala Gray, 1847, and Phorcus Risso, 1826 using DNA-barcoding and geometric morphometrics (Vetigastropoda, Trochoidea). Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 17(4): 789-812., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-017-0343-5 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
Danish	almindelig topsnegl [from synonym]	[details]
Dutch	gewone tolhoren [from synonym]asgrauwe tolhoren [from synonym]	[details]
English	painted topshell [from synonym]grey topsnail [from synonym]grey topshell [from synonym]grey top shell [from synonym]	[details]
German	graue Kreiselschnecke [from synonym]Friesenkopf [from synonym]Friesenknopf [from synonym]bunte J-Kreiselschnecke [from synonym]Aschgraue 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]