Jujubinus exasperatus

Jujubinus exasperatus
Shells of Jujubinus exasperatus from Sicily on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Jujubinus
Species: J. exasperatus
Binomial name
Jujubinus exasperatus
(Pennant, 1777)[1]
Synonyms
  • Jujubinus corallinus Monterosato, 1884 (dubious synonym)
  • Jujubinus igneus Sturany, 1896
  • Jujubinus istrianus Coen, 1933
  • Jujubinus mixtus Ghisotti & Melone, 1975
  • Trochus bicolor Risso, 1826 (dubious synonym)
  • Trochus crenulatus Brocchi, 1814 (dubious synonym)
  • Trochus dejacobi Aradas & Benoit, 1841
  • Trochus dumerili Risso, 1826
  • Trochus elegans de Blainville, 1830
  • Trochus erythroleucos Gmelin, 1791
  • Trochus exasperatus Pennant, 1777
  • Trochus exiguus Pulteney, 1799
  • Trochus matoni Payraudeau, 1826
  • Trochus pyramidatus Lamarck, 1822
  • Trochus reinierius Risso, 1826
  • Trochus socius Fischer P., 1895 (dubious synonym)
  • Trochus tricolor Risso, 1826
  • Trochus vulgaris Risso, 1826

Jujubinus exasperatus, the Rough Top Shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]

Description

Jujubinus exasperatus has a shell which can reach an adult size of 7–15 millimetres (0.28–0.59 in). The shape of this shell is conical, with straight sides and a flat imperforate base with ca. 6 spiral cords which are smoother than on the whorls. The sides show four-five beaded cords. These are narrower than the interspaces in which there are very fine, prosocline lamellae. A considerably thicker compound cord is seen above the suture on the spire and at the periphery of body whorl. The aperture is subquadrangular, with a moderate denticle at the base of the columella. The outer lip has a cutting edge. The background color of the first whorls is typically reddish, the later whorls usually whitish with red, brown or (more rarely) black flames. The peripheral cord is usually articulated with red and white. The apex is pink. Interior of aperture is nacreous. This sea snail is herbivorous, feeding on algae.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in Eastern Atlantic, from the British islands to Portugal and Morocco and in the Mediterranean Sea, mainly in Spain, Italy, Greece. It is common in the seagrass prairies of Posidonia oceanica, at depths of 0 to 30 m.

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