About this species
Talopena calyculus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Talopena calyculus”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–29 °C
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Monilea calyculus, Trochus (Monilea) calyculus, Trochus calyculus
Similar species
- Labio
Monodonta labio
- Maculated top shell
Trochus maculatus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- 11 open-data records from 1828 to 1968.
- Species data updated October 27, 2026.
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