Button tops
Umbonium vestiarium
- Usual depth0–55 m
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsJuly
- How commonRare
About this species
Umbonium vestiarium, common name the button tops, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Umbonium vestiarium”, 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: 2 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 9 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 5 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–55 m · Deepest record: 55 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Button tops, Common button top, Common button topsnail, button tops, common button top, common button topsnail, Vesta's Button Top Shell
Names in 4 more languages
- German
- Knopfschnecke
- Japanese
- サラサキサゴ
- Thai
- หอยทับทิม
- Simplified Chinese
- 彩虹虫昌螺
Other scientific names: Globulus vestiarius, Rotella lineolata, Rotella vestiaria, Trochus aequalis, Trochus vestiarius
Similar species
- Ribbon Monodonta
Austrocochlea constricta
- Zebra Snail
Austrocochlea porcata
- 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.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 144 open-data records from 1758 to 2010.
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