''Steromphala'' is a

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s in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the

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Trochidae The Trochidae, common name top-snails or top-shells, are a family of various sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subclass Vetigastropoda. This family is commonly known as the top-snails because in many species the shell resembles ...

, the top snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Steromphala Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=576164 on 2020-12-27

Species

Species within the genus ''Steromphala'' include: * '' Steromphala adansonii'' (Payraudeau, 1826) * '' Steromphala adriatica'' (Philippi, 1844) * '' Steromphala albida'' (Gmelin, 1791) * † '' Steromphala biangulata'' (Eichwald, 1830) * † '' Steromphala brevispira'' (Harmer, 1923) * † '' Steromphala brocchii'' (Mayer in Cocconi, 1873) * '' Steromphala cineraria'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * † '' Steromphala cineroides'' (Wood, 1842) * † '' Steromphala dertosulcata'' (Sacco, 1896) * † '' Steromphala distefanoi'' (Crema, 1903) * ''

Steromphala divaricata ''Steromphala divaricata'', common name the divaricate gibbula, is a species of small sea snail, known as top snails or top shells, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Steromph ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * † '' Steromphala insignis'' (Millet, 1854) * '' Steromphala leucophaea'' (Philippi, 1836) * † '' Steromphala milleti'' (Ceulemans, Van Dingenen & Landau, 2016) * † '' Steromphala monodontoides'' (Millet, 1854) * ''

Steromphala nebulosa ''Steromphala'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Steromphala Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...

'' (Philippi, 1849) * ''

Steromphala nivosa ''Steromphala nivosa'', common name the Maltese top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Steromphala nivosa (A. Adams, 1853). Accessed throug ...

'' (A. Adams, 1853) * † ''

Steromphala olympica ''Steromphala'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Steromphala Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...

'' (Garilli, Crisci & Messina, 2005) * ''

Steromphala pennanti ''Steromphala pennanti'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Steromphala pennanti (Philippi, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...

'' (Philippi, 1846) * † ''

Steromphala perconica ''Steromphala'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Steromphala Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...

'' (Sacco, 1896) * † ''

Steromphala pliocenica ''Steromphala'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Steromphala Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...

'' (Greco, 1970) * † ''

Steromphala provosti ''Steromphala'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Steromphala Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...

'' (Ceulemans, Van Dingenen & Landau, 2016) * ''

Steromphala racketti ''Steromphala'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Steromphala Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...

'' (Payraudeau, 1826) * ''

Steromphala rarilineata ''Steromphala rarilineata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.MolluscaBase (2020). MolluscaBase. Steromphala rarilineata (Michaud, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' (Michaud, 1829) * † ''

Steromphala simulans ''Steromphala'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family (biology), family Trochidae, the top snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Steromphala Gray, 1847. Accessed ...

'' (De Stefani & Pantanelli, 1878) * '' Steromphala spratti'' (Forbes, 1844) * † '' Steromphala subcineraria'' (d'Orbigny, 1852) † * † '' Steromphala taurolaevis'' (Sacco, 1896) † * † '' Steromphala terrerossae'' (Spadini, 1986) * '' Steromphala tumida'' (Montagu, 1803) * '' Steromphala umbilicalis'' (da Costa, 1778) * '' Steromphala umbilicaris'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Steromphala varia'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * † ''

Steromphala verae ''Steromphala'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Steromphala Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...

'' (Chirli, 2004) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Steromphala crimeana'' Anistratenko & Starobogatov, 1991: synonym of ''Steromphala rarilineata'' (Michaud, 1829)

References

External links

Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 15: 129-219. Date of publication November 1847.

Monterosato T. A. (di) (1889 (1 gennaio)). Coquilles marines marocaines. Journal de Conchyliologie 37(1): 20-40; 37(2): 112-121

Sacco, F. (1896). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XXI. (Naricidae, Modulidae, Phasianellidae, Turbinidae, Delphinulidae, Cyclostrematidae, Tornidae). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 64 pp., 4 pl

Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp

Monterosato T. A. (di). (1888-1889). Molluschi del Porto di Palermo. Specie e varietà. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana. 13: 161-180 5 October 1888">Monterosato T. A. (di). (1888-1889). Molluschi del Porto di Palermo. Specie e varietà. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana. 13: 161-180 [15 October 1888
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Fischer P. (1880-1887). Manuel de Conchyliologie et de Paléontologie Conchyliologique. Paris, Savy pp. XXIV + 1369 + pl. 23

Friele H. (1877) Tungebevæbningen hos de Norske Rhipidoglossa. Archiv for mathematik og naturvidenskab, 2: 199-317, pl. 1-5

ffenzeller 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
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