#4757 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs

European Painted Top Shell

🇳🇱 Priktolhoren ·Calliostoma zizyphinum

🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 in the Netherlands

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1. © João Pedro Silva · CC BY-NC 4.0
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8. © João Pedro Silva · CC BY-NC 4.0
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what is it?

Calliostoma zizyphinum , common name the European painted top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.

base stats

NL sightings 1iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,068iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 1 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
2,068 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English: European Painted Top Shell
Nederlands: Priktolhoren
scientific name: Calliostoma zizyphinum
class: Gastropoda
order: Trochida
family: Calliostomatidae
sightings in NL: 1
sightings in Europe: 1,864
sightings worldwide: 2,068
GBIF records in NL: 313
weight: —
length: —
lifespan: —
named: 1758

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 210224, Wikidata Q3140123, GBIF 2293333, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.