Published January 30, 2026 | Version v1

A new species of the Jujubinus curinii species complex: J. roseus n. sp. (Gastropoda, Trochidae: Cantharidinae) from the Alborán Sea

  • 1. Dipartimento di Scienze, Università "Roma Tre", Roma, Italy
  • 2. Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "Charles Darwin", Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Roma, Italy

Description

Jujubinus roseus n. sp. is described from the Alborán Sea. It belongs to the J. curinii species complex, the so-called “smooth Jujubinus”, and is compared with the other members of the complex: i.e. J. curinii Bogi & Campani, 2005, J. eleonorae Smriglio, Di Giulio & Mariottini, 2014, J. trilloi Smriglio, Di Giulio & Mariottini, 2014, J. alboranensis Smriglio, Mariottini & Oliverio, 2015 and J. browningleeae Smriglio, Mariottini & Swinnen,
2018. All species of this complex have very restricted known ranges.

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