Clanculus jussieui

Classification (WoRMS)

Full classification as recorded by WoRMS: Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Mollusca · Class: Gastropoda · Order: Trochida · Family: Trochidae · Genus: Clanculus.

Accepted name: Clanculus jussieui · Authority: (Payraudeau, 1826) · Taxonomic status: accepted · AphiaID: 141773.

Synonyms and superseded combinations recorded for this taxon: Clanculopsis granolirata Monterosato, 1889; Clanculopsis jussieui (Payraudeau, 1826); Clanculopsis jussieui debilis Pallary, 1904; Clanculopsis jussieui debilis var. alba Pallary, 1904; Clanculopsis jussieui debilis var. rosea Pallary, 1904; Clanculus (Clanculella) jussieui (Payraudeau, 1826); Clanculus (Clanculopsis) jussieui (Payraudeau, 1826); Clanculus blainvillii Cantraine, 1842; Clanculus jussieui var. marmorata Pallary, 1900; Clanculus jussieui var. roseocarnea Monterosato, 1880; Clanculus jussieui var. striata Monterosato, 1880; Clanculus kinzelbachi Nordsieck, 1982; Gibbula morio Risso, 1826; Gibbula schroeterius Risso, 1826; Monodonta glomus R. A. Philippi, 1844; Monodonta jussieui Payraudeau, 1826.

Source: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141773 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.

Biology and life history (SeaLifeBase)

Measured values published by SeaLifeBase for Clanculus jussieui. Only fields the database actually holds for this species are shown; these are database values, not aquarium guidance.

Habitat zone: benthic · Aquarium trade: never/rarely.

Source: SeaLifeBase species summary (SpecCode 139545) — https://www.sealifebase.se/summary/Clanculus-jussieui.html (CC BY-NC 3.0 — non-commercial use only). Accessed 2026-09-23.

Distribution and occurrence records (GBIF)

579 georeferenced occurrence records for Clanculus jussieui are published through GBIF from 17 countries or marine areas. The map above plots 81 distinct locations from a sample of 579 records, omitting 59 inland records that carry an institution's coordinates rather than a collection site; it shows where the species has been observed and reported, not a modelled range.

Most records by country or area: Spain (200); France (171); Italy (114); Greece (19); Malta (17); Albania (15); Croatia (14); Tunisia (11); Algeria (5); Cyprus (2); Egypt (2); Israel (2); Morocco (2); Portugal (2); Bulgaria (1).

Marine regions with a valid WoRMS distribution record: European waters (ERMS scope); Spain - Demarcación Marina del Estrecho y Alborán; Spain - Demarcación Marina Levantino-Balear; Turkish part of the Aegean Sea; Turkish part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin; Moroccan part of the Strait of Gibraltar; Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin; Tunisian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin; Libyan Exclusive Economic Zone.

Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 4358091) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=4358091&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141773 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.

Description and natural history (Wikipedia)

The species was named in honor of M. Adrien-Henri de Jussieu, "professeur au Jardin du Roi."

The height of the shell attains 11 mm, its diameter 14 mm. The umbilicate shell has a depressed-globose conic shape. It is, polished, shining, blackish, olive or purplish brown, unicolored, dotted or tessellated with white, often with short flames of white beneath the sutures and always more or less marked with white around the umbilicus. The spire is conical. The sutures are simple and impressed. The 5 to 6 whorls are convex. The upper surface is marked with obsolete, frequently almost imperceptible line, the interstices between them finely spirally striate. The base of the shell is smoother, and lightly concentrically marked around the center. The aperture is rounded. The outer and basal margins are crenulated within. The columella bears a small tooth above and below, concave between them, deeply entering the umbilicus, but inserted on its edge. The umbilicus is rather deep, smooth within and bordered by an irregularly crenulated rib.

THis species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal.

Source: Wikipedia: Clanculus jussieui — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clanculus_jussieui (CC BY-SA 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.