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Clanculus cruciatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Clanculus cruciatus (Linnaeus, 1758) — specimen from Calahonda, Málaga, S. Spain (actual size 10.2 mm)
Clanculus cruciatus (Linnaeus, 1758) — specimen from Calahonda, Málaga, S. Spain (actual size 10.2 mm)

141772 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141772)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Trochida (Order)
  7. Trochoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Trochidae (Family)
  9. Trochinae (Subfamily)
  10. Clanculus (Genus)
  11. Clanculus cruciatus (Species)
accepted
Species
Clanculus cruciatus var. candida Monterosato, 1880 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Clanculus cruciatus var. monochroa Monterosato, 1880 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Clanculus cruciatus var. rosea Monterosato, 1880 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Clanculus cruciatus var. rubescens Pallary, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Gibbula rupestris Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (synonym)
Monodonta vieillotii Payraudeau, 1826 · unaccepted (synonym)
Trochus mediterraneus W. Wood, 1828 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Trochus purpureus Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (synonym)
Turbo purpureus Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Variety Clanculus cruciatus var. candida Monterosato, 1880 accepted as Clanculus cruciatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  2. Variety Clanculus cruciatus var. monochroa Monterosato, 1880 accepted as Clanculus cruciatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  3. Variety Clanculus cruciatus var. nigrescens Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884 accepted as Clanculus cruciatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  4. Variety Clanculus cruciatus var. rosea Monterosato, 1880 accepted as Clanculus cruciatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  5. Variety Clanculus cruciatus var. rubescens Pallary, 1900 accepted as Clanculus cruciatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
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(of Trochus cruciatus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 757 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Clanculus cruciatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141772 on 2026-07-05
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Nomenclature

original description (of Turbo purpureus Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Tome quatrième. F.-G. Levrault, Paris, viii + 439 pp. + pls 1-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50455192
page(s): 118 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Trochus vieillioti var. globosoconica Aradas & Benoit, 1874) Aradas A. & Benoit L. (1872-1876 ["1870"]). Conchigliologia vivente marina della Sicilia e delle isole che la circondano. <em>Atti dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali.</em> ser. 3, 6: 1-113, pls 1-2 [1872]; 113-226, pls 3-4 [1874]; 227-324, pl. 5 [1876]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43283 [details] 

original description (of Clanculus cruciatus var. nigrescens Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884) Bucquoy, E., Dautzenberg, P. & Dollfus, G. (1882-1886). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome Ier. Gastropodes. Paris: Baillière & fils. 570 pp., 66 pls. [pp. 1-84, pls 1-10, 1882; pp. 85-196, pls 11-20, 1883; pp. 197-342, pls 21-40, 1884; pp. 343-418, pls 41-50, 1885; pp. 419-570, pls 51-66, 1886]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103592 [details] 

original description (of Clanculus cruciatus var. rosea Monterosato, 1880) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1880). Notizie intorno ad alcune conchiglie delle coste d'Africa. <em>Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana.</em> 5 (11–15): 213–233. [March 5th, 1880]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38908443
page(s): 221 [details] 

original description (of Clanculus cruciatus var. monochroa Monterosato, 1880) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1880). Notizie intorno ad alcune conchiglie delle coste d'Africa. <em>Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana.</em> 5 (11–15): 213–233. [March 5th, 1880]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38908443
page(s): 221 [details] 

original description (of Clanculus cruciatus var. candida Monterosato, 1880) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1880). Notizie intorno ad alcune conchiglie delle coste d'Africa. <em>Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana.</em> 5 (11–15): 213–233. [March 5th, 1880]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38908443
page(s): 221 [details] 

original description (of Clanculus cruciatus var. rubescens Pallary, 1900) Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 48(3): 211-422., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25146965
page(s): 345 [details] 

original description (of Gibbula rupestris Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. <em>In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Monodonta vieillotii Payraudeau, 1826) Payraudeau, B. C. (1826). Catalogue descriptif et méthodique des annelides et des mollusques de l'Ile de Corse; avec huit planches représentant quatre-vingt-huit espèces, dont soixante-huit nouvelles. Imprimerie de J. Tastu, Paris, vii + 218 pp., pls. 1-8., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12944
page(s): 135-136, pl. 6 fig. 21-23 [details] 

original description (of Trochus cruciatus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 757 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Trochus mediterraneus W. Wood, 1828) Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199
page(s): 17; pl. 5 fig. 32 [details] 

original description (of Trochus purpureus Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. <em>In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

Other

context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details] 

context source (WoRCS) Digenis, M.; Ragkousis, M.; Dimitriadis, C.; Katsanevakis, S.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2025). Assessing the Motile Fauna of Eastern Mediterranean Marine Caves. <em>Fishes.</em> 10(8): 383., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes10080383 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Gibbula rupestris Risso, 1826)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (52 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Turbo purpureus Risso, 1826)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Clanculus cruciatus) 
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Trochus cruciatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 7 proteins) 
To Malacopics (Clanculus cruciatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Spain, Baleares, Mallorca, El Arenal) 
To Malacopics (Clanculus cruciatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Tunisia, Medenine, Ile de Jerba, Houmt Souk, b... 
To Malacopics (Clanculus cruciatus (Linnaeus,1758) Tunisia, Sfax, Îles Kerkennah, Île Chergui) 
To PESI (from synonym Trochus mediterraneus W. Wood, 1828)
To PESI (from synonym Trochus purpureus Risso, 1826)
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Gibbula rupestris Risso, 1826)
To PESI (from synonym Monodonta vieillotii Payraudeau, 1826)
To PESI (from synonym Trochus cruciatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Turbo purpureus Risso, 1826)
To PESI (from synonym Trochus vieillioti (Payraudeau, 1826))
To PESI (from synonym Trochus vieillioti var. globosoconica Aradas & Benoit, 1874)
To PESI (from synonym Clanculus cruciatus var. nigrescens Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884)
To PESI (from synonym Clanculus cruciatus var. rosea Monterosato, 1880)
To PESI (from synonym Clanculus cruciatus var. monochroa Monterosato, 1880)
To PESI (from synonym Clanculus cruciatus var. candida Monterosato, 1880)
To PESI (from synonym Clanculus cruciatus var. rubescens Pallary, 1900)
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