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

Steromphala leucophaea (R. A. Philippi, 1836)

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

*Gibbula (Phorculus) delicata*	Coen, 1937	synonym
*Gibbula delicata*	Coen, 1937	synonym
*Gibbula leucophaea*	(R. A. Philippi, 1836)	synonym
*Trochus cinerascens*	Anton, 1838	synonym
*Trochus leucophaeus*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym

Literature

additional source	Harzhauser, M. (2021). The Cainozoic to present-day record of Circum-Mediterranean, NE Atlantic and North Sea Cantharidinae and Trochinae (Trochoidea, Gastropoda)—a synopsis. Zootaxa. 4902(1): 1-81.
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 leucophaea (R. A. Philippi, 1836). 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:1477345