Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Vetigastropoda > Order Trochida > Superfamily Trochoidea > Family Calliostomatidae > Subfamily Calliostomatinae > Genus Calliostoma

Calliostoma granulatum (Born, 1778)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Trochus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Calliostoma*	Swainson, 1840	accepted genus name
*Conulus*	Nardo, 1841	objective synonym
*Zizyphinus*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Trochus (Calliostoma)*	Swainson, 1840	synonym
*Trochus (Ziziphinus)*	Gray, 1842	synonym
*Trochus (Zizyphinus)*	J. E. Gray, 1847	synonym
*Ziziphinus*	J. E. Gray, 1842	synonym

Species group names

*Trochus fragilis*	Pulteney, 1799	synonym
*Trochus granulatus var. conoidea*	Jeffreys, 1865	synonym
*Trochus granulatus var. lactea*	Jeffreys, 1865	synonym
*Trochus granulatus var. maculata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1885	synonym
*Trochus papillosus*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Trochus tenuis*	Montagu, 1803	synonym
*Zizyphinus granulatus*	(Born, 1778)	synonym
*Zizyphinus granulatus var. nobilis*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Greek: Κοκκώδης τροχός

Literature

basis of record	Nolf, F. & Hubrecht, S. (2022). A new look at East Atlantic calliostomatids, resulting in the introduction of two new species. Neptunea. 16(4): 1-34.
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.
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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Calliostoma granulatum (Born, 1778). 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:141753