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Button tops

Umbonium vestiarium (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The button tops (Umbonium vestiarium) is a species in the family Trochidae, order Trochida.

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Quick facts about the button tops

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the button tops live?

Not recorded

Is the button tops endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the button tops classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderTrochida
  5. familyTrochidae
  6. genusUmbonium
  7. SpeciesUmbonium vestiarium (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Globulus vestiarius, Rotella lineolata, Rotella vestiaria, Trochus aequalis, Trochus vestiarius

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • Common button topEnglish
  • Common button topsnailEnglish
  • Vesta's button top shellEnglish
  • KnopfschneckeGerman
  • サラサキサゴJapanese
  • Морская пуговицаRussian
  • vĺčok gombíčkovýSlovak
  • หอยทับทิมThai
  • 彩虹虫昌螺Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the button tops

Other species in the same genus Umbonium.

Sand snail

Umbonium thomasi

TrochidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the button tops?

The button tops (Umbonium vestiarium) belongs to the family Trochidae in the order Trochida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Button tops (Umbonium vestiarium). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/button-tops

MLA

“Button tops (Umbonium vestiarium).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/button-tops.

BibTeX
@misc{button_tops_2026,
  title = {Button tops (Umbonium vestiarium)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/button-tops},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}