Species Detail - Painted top shell (Calliostoma zizyphinum) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Explore Your Shore".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Painted top shell
NBNSYS0000174273
RecommendedWell-formed
Calliostoma zizyphinum subsp. lyonsii (Leach in Forbes & Hanley, 1850), Calliostoma zizyphinum var. lyonsi (Leach in Forbes & Hanley, 1850), Calliostoma zizyphinum var. lyonsii (Leach in Forbes & Hanley, 1850)
N/A
caziz
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Mollusc
Species
198
75
42
01/02/2019
24/08/2025
1 January (recorded in 2013)
26 December (recorded in 2022)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Explore Your Shore, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Painted top shell (Calliostoma zizyphinum), accessed 22 February 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/305/Species/120403