Marine Species Traits - Calliostoma zizyphinum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Deep-Sea taxon details

Calliostoma zizyphinum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Calliostoma zizyphinum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen from Fuengirola, Spain (actual size 23 mm).

AphiaID

141767 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141767)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Calliostoma Swainson, 1840

Original name

Trochus zizyphinus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Trochus zizyphinus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Trochus zizyphinus 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): 759 [details] Available for editors

Descriptive notes

Taxonomy Some authors divide this species into two subspecies: Calliostoma z. zizyphinum and the Pliocen Calliostoma z. simile...

Taxonomy Some authors divide this species into two subspecies: Calliostoma z. zizyphinum and the Pliocen Calliostoma z. simile (Sowerby, 1808) (see Glibert 1957). [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Calliostoma zizyphinum (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141767 on 2025-06-04

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Calliostoma zizyphinum (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141767 on 2025-06-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2007-09-10 09:13:40Z

checked

Gofas, Serge

2008-02-16 15:13:45Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2019-04-15 06:30:33Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Trochus zizyphinus 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): 759 [details] Available for editors

context source (HKRMS) Ni IH. & Qian PY. (1999). Study on the suitability of Shelter Island Area to be established as marine park or marine reserve. Final report. Submitted to the Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Micali P. (2013) Riscoperta di Calliostoma agrigentinum Coen, 1936, con note su alcuni sinonimi di C. zizyphinum (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Calliostomatidae). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 81: 25-27. [details]

additional source Lebour, M. V. (1936). Notes on the eggs and larvae of some Plymouth prosobranchs. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 20(3): 547-565., available online at http://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/889/1/Notes_on_the_eggs_and_larvae_of_some_Plymouth_prosobranchs.pdf
page(s): 547-548; note: larval development [details] Available for editors

additional source Chiappa, C., Fassio, G., Smriglio, C., Mariottini, P., Albano, P.G., Modica, M.V., Zuccon, D., Puillandre, N. & Oliverio, M. (2024). The polymorphic top-shell puzzle: iterative taxonomy of Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 (Gastropoda: Calliostomatidae), in the Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 90: eyae026., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyae026
page(s): 17, fig. 6 [details] Available for editors

new combination reference Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 351 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Taxonomy Some authors divide this species into two subspecies: Calliostoma z. zizyphinum and the Pliocen Calliostoma z. simile (Sowerby, 1808) (see Glibert 1957). [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Danish	plettet topsnegl	[details]
Dutch	priktolhoren	[details]
English	painted topsnailpainted top shellEuropean painted topsnail	[details]
French	troque jujubecalliostome	[details]
German	Bunte Kreiselschnecke	[details]
Modern Greek (1453-)	Μεγάλος τροχός	[details]