Jujubinus poppei Poppe's Top Shell

Jujubinus poppei is commonly referred to as Poppe's Top Shell. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

17850 

AphiaID:

141812 

Scientific:

Jujubinus poppei 

German:

Poppes Jujubenkreisel 

English:

Poppe's Top Shell 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Trochida (Order) > Trochidae (Family) > Jujubinus (Genus) > poppei (Species) 

Initial determination:

Curini-Galletti, 1985 

Occurrence:

Endemic species, European Coasts, North Atlantic Ocean, the Canary Islands 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

- 10 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0,38 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Deposit feeder 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Jujubinus alboranensis
• Jujubinus augustoi
• Jujubinus baudoni
• Jujubinus catenatus
• Jujubinus curinii
• Jujubinus dispar
• Jujubinus eleonorae
• Jujubinus errinae
• Jujubinus escondidus
• 
  Jujubinus exasperatus
  Rauher Jujubenkreisel, Rauhe Kreiselschnecke
• Jujubinus fulgor
• Jujubinus geographicus
• Jujubinus gilberti
• 
  Jujubinus gravinae
  Jujuben Kreisel
• Jujubinus guanchus
• Jujubinus guphili
• Jujubinus hernandezi
• Jujubinus hubrechti
• Jujubinus interruptus
• Jujubinus karpathoensis
• Jujubinus mabelae
• Jujubinus maldivensis
• Jujubinus montagui
• Jujubinus polychromus
• 
  Jujubinus poppei
  Poppes Jujubenkreisel
• Jujubinus pseudogravinae
• Jujubinus rafaelmesai
• Jujubinus rubioi
• Jujubinus ruscurianus
• 
  Jujubinus striatus
  Südliches Kreiselchen, Feingerippte Kreiselschnecke, Gestreifte Kreiselschnecke,Gefurchte Kreiselschnecke
• Jujubinus suarezensis
• Jujubinus trilloi
• Jujubinus tumidulus
• Jujubinus unidentatus
• Jujubinus vexationis
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Jujubinus polychroma
  Polychrom-Jujubenkreisel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-11-05 19:08:29 

Last edit:

2025-11-05 19:18:41 

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