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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Pennant's top-shell
Steromphala pennanti
syn. Gibbula pennanti
- shell 1

Pennant's top-shell
Steromphala pennanti
syn. Gibbula pennanti
- shell 2

Pennant's top-shell
Steromphala pennanti
syn. Gibbula pennanti
- shell 3

Pennant's top-shell
Steromphala pennanti
syn. Gibbula pennanti
- shell 4

Pennant's top-shell
Steromphala pennanti
syn. Gibbula pennanti
- shell / underside / operculum 1

Pennant's top-shell
Steromphala pennanti
syn. Gibbula pennanti
- shell / underside / operculum 2

Pennant's top-shell
Steromphala pennanti
syn. Gibbula pennanti
- shell / underside / operculum 3

Pennant's top-shell
Steromphala pennanti
syn. Gibbula pennanti
- collection of shells with rule 1

Pennant's top-shell
Steromphala pennanti
syn. Gibbula pennanti
- collection of shells 1

Pennant's top-shell
Steromphala pennanti
syn. Gibbula pennanti
- collection of shells 2

Pennant's top-shell
Steromphala pennanti
syn. Gibbula pennanti
- collection of shells 3

Pennant's top-shell
Steromphala pennanti
syn. Gibbula pennanti
- collection of shells 4

Shell featured was found at Pointe de L'Arcourest, Ploubazianec, Brittany, France. 1998. Size of shell featured is 16.4mm, this specimen was purchased from Guido T. Poppe - Philippe Poppe, Conchology, Inc... Also images of shells from a private collection in Cornwall. 02.06.12.

The Cornish database ERICA contains only one record for this species; from the Isles of Scilly, pre. 1964.

European and Scientific Names:
Steromphala pennanti, Gibbula pennanti, Pennant's 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.