Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Vetigastropoda > Order Trochida > Superfamily Trochoidea > Family Trochidae > Subfamily Cantharidinae > Genus Steromphala

Steromphala varia (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Steromphala*	J. E. Gray, 1847	accepted genus name
*Gibbula (Phorculus)*	Monterosato, 1888	junior homonym
*Calliostoma (Strigosella)*	Sacco, 1896	synonym
*Colliculus*	Monterosato, 1888	synonym
*Gibbula (Adriaria)*	Monterosato, 1917	synonym
*Gibbula (Colliculus)*	Monterosato, 1888	synonym
*Gibbula (Gibbulastra)*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Gibbula (Steromphala)*	J. E. Gray, 1847	synonym
*Gibbulastra*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Korenia*	Friele, 1877	synonym
*Scrobiculinus*	Monterosato, 1889	synonym
*Strigosella*	Sacco, 1896	synonym

Species group names

*Trochus elatus*	Brusina, 1865	junior homonym
*Gibbula depressa*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Gibbula mocquerisi*	Pallary, 1906	synonym
*Gibbula varia*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Gibbula varia var. mandarina*	Monterosato, 1888	synonym
*Gibbula varia var. marginata*	Monterosato, 1888	synonym
*Gibbula varia var. tumidosa*	Monterosato, 1888	synonym
*Gibbula variegata*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Trochus laevigatus*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Trochus roissyi*	Payraudeau, 1826	synonym
*Trochus varius*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Trochus varius var. marmorata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884	synonym

Literature

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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Steromphala varia (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1039845