APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

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Granulated top-shell
Calliostoma granulatum
- shell 1

Granulated top-shell
Calliostoma granulatum
- shell 2

Granulated top-shell
Calliostoma granulatum
- shell 3

Granulated top-shell
Calliostoma granulatum
- shell 4

Granulated top-shell
Calliostoma granulatum
- shell 5

Granulated top-shell
Calliostoma granulatum
- shell 6

Granulated top-shell
Calliostoma granulatum
- shell 7

Granulated top-shell
Calliostoma granulatum
- shell close-up 1

Granulated top-shell
Calliostoma granulatum
- shell close-up 2

Granulated top-shell
Calliostoma granulatum
- shell / base 1

Granulated top-shell
Calliostoma granulatum
- shell / base 2

Images of shell from my own personal collection. Shell featured was collected at El Hierro, La Caleta in the Canary Islands. Size of shell featured is 25mm, this specimen was purchased from Guido T. Poppe - Philippe Poppe, Conchology, Inc.. Page also includes images of a shell from a private collection in Cornwall. 08.06.12.

The Cornish database ERICA contains only recent off-shore records for this species, from the English Channel in 1991. Historically the database describes the species as being recorded from Mounts Bay, St. Ives Bay, Whitesand Bay, Lands End, Fowey and Falmouth.

European and Scientific Names:
Calliostoma granulatum, Calliostoma papillosa, Trochus papillosum, Granulated top-shell.

Location information provided by the author and from the ERICA records database for Cornwall. Scientific and Common Names used are largely gained from from the WoRMS Database.

The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help

people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.