Topshells
Steromphala
(=Gibbula) change of generic name
Gibbula
magus
Monodonta
lineata
Gibbula cineraria
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Monodonta
lineata is now called Phorcus
lineatus
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Predators: Blenny
The Grooved Topshell,
Jujubinus
striatus, has been discovered on Zostera
Eelgrass beds at Salcombe,
Devon. This small species only reaches 10 mm and is only rarely recorded
on the northern coast of the English Channel, although it is known from
the Channel Islands.
Ref: Williamson, P. & Kendall, M A .
Population, age structure and growth of the trochid Monodonta lineata,
determined from the shell rings. Journal of the Marine Biological Association
of the UK., 6, 1011-26.
Mediterranean
Topshells, Trochidae
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