#4656 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs
Grey Topshell
🇳🇱 Asgrauwe tolhoren ·Steromphala cineraria
🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Oosterschelde, Zeeuwse meren, 158_13_400, NL
📍 Schouwen-Duiveland, Pays-Bas
📍 Jacobahaven, 4675 RB Netherlands
📍 Dreischor, Nederland
📍 4315 Dreischor, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Llez · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. © Christine Morrow · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © tuggip_t · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Christine Morrow · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Oosterschelde, Zeeuwse meren, 158_13_400, NL:© Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Schouwen-Duiveland, Pays-Bas:© Frédéric ANDRE · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Jacobahaven, 4675 RB Netherlands:© dr. Werner de Gier · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Dreischor, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 4315 Dreischor, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Steromphala cineraria is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
base stats
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 30 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,072 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Grey Topshell
- Nederlands
- Asgrauwe tolhoren
- scientific name
- Steromphala cineraria
- class
- Gastropoda
- order
- Trochida
- family
- Trochidae
- sightings in NL
- 30
- sightings in Europe
- 1,672
- sightings worldwide
- 2,072
- GBIF records in NL
- 892
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Trochidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 711721, Wikidata Q61701154, GBIF 9514986, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.