The species belong to the curinii complex. The shell is similar to that of ruscurianus but with a markedly smoother surface (flat spiral cords, no prosocline striae in the interspaces between the cords). The suture is less incised than in curinii, and the whorls a little more convex. Source: Smriglio, Mariottini & Oliverio: “A new species of the Jujubinus curinii species complex: J. alboranensis spec. nov. (Gastropoda: Trochidae) from the Alborán Sea”, Iberus vol. 33(2), Barcelona 2015, p.154.