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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Littorinimorpha
Superfamilia: Naticoidea

Familia: Naticidae
Subfamilia: Polinicinae
Genus: Euspira
Species: E. catena – †E. elegans – E. fusca – E. grossularia – E. guillemini – E. macilenta – E. montagui – E. nitida – E. notabilis – E. obtusa – E. pallida – E. phaeocephala – E. presubplicata – E. pulchella – E. subplicata
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Euspira Agassiz in J. Sowerby, 1837

Type Species: †Natica glaucinoides J. Sowerby, 1812

Synonyms:

Labellinacca Cossmann, 1919 †
Lunatia Gray, 1847
Natica (Euspira)
Natica (Lunatia) Gray, 1847
Polinices (Euspira) Agassiz in J. Sowerby, 1837
Polinices (Lunatia) Gray, 1847
Uber (Euspira) Agassiz, 1837

References

Agassiz L. in Sowerby J., 1837. Mineral-Conchologie Grossbrittaniens, von James Sowerby; deutsche Bearbeitung, herausgegeben von Hercules Nicolet, durchgesehen von Dr. Agassiz. Neuchatel: H. Nicolet. 52 pp., 21 pls., page 320.

Links

Euspira – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Euspira – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Euspira – Taxon details on World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).

Euspira is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Fossil reports

This genus is known in the fossil records from the Triassic to the Quaternary (age range: from 242.0 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils are found in the marine strata throughout the world. There are about 25 extinct species.[2]
Fossil shell of Euspira catena from Pliocene of Italy
Species

Species within the genus Euspira include:[1][2]

Euspira abyssicola (E. A. Smith, 1896)
Euspira agujana (Dall, W.H., 1908)
Euspira blaizensis (Kilburn, 1976)
Euspira borshengjungi K.-Y. Lai, 2017
Euspira catena (Costa, E.M. da, 1778)
Euspira crawfordiana (Dall, 1908)
† Euspira elegans (Suter, 1917)
† Euspira eyrensis Finlay, 1927
Euspira fringilla (Dall, 1881)
Euspira fusca (Blainville, H.M.D. de, 1825)
† Euspira fyfei (Marwick, 1924)
Euspira gilva (Philippi, 1851)
† Euspira glaucinoides (J. Sowerby, 1812)
Euspira grossularia (Marche-Marchad, I., 1957)
Euspira guilleminii (Payraudeau, 1826)
† Euspira helicina (Brocchi, 1814)
Euspira heros (Say, T., 1822)
† Euspira ilhagwilensis Pacaud, 2016
Euspira intricata (Donovan, 1804)
† Euspira lateaperta (Marwick, 1924)
Euspira lemaitrei (Kilburn, 1976)
Euspira levicula (A. E. Verrill, 1880)
Euspira levis (E. A. Smith, 1896)
Euspira litorina (Dall, 1908)
Euspira macilenta (Philippi, 1844)
Euspira massieri Petuch & Berschauer, 2018
Euspira montagui (Forbes, E., 1838)
Euspira monterona Dall, 1919
Euspira napus (Smith, E.A., 1904)
Euspira nitida (Donovan, E., 1804)
Euspira notabilis Jeffreys, 1885
Euspira nubila (Dall, 1889)
Euspira nux (Okutani, 1964)
Euspira obtusa (Jeffreys, 1885)
Euspira pallida (Broderip, W.J. & G.B. I Sowerby, 1829)
Euspira pardoana (Dall, 1908)
Euspira phaeocephala (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896)
Euspira pila (Pilsbry, H.A., 1911)
Euspira plicispira (Kuroda, T., 1961)
Euspira presubplicata (Bouchet & Warén, 1993)
Euspira sagamiensis Kuroda & Habe, 1971
Euspira strebeli (Dall, 1908)
Euspira subplicata (Jeffreys, 1885)
Euspira talismani Bouchet & Warén, 1993
Euspira tenuis (Récluz, 1851)
Euspira tenuistriata (Dautzenberg, Ph. & H. Fischer, 1911)
Euspira triseriata (Say, T., 1826)
† Euspira varians (Dujardin, 1837)
Euspira yokoyamai (Kuroda & Habe, 1952)

Species brought into synonymy

Euspira acosmita Dall, 1919: synonym of Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791)
Euspira bahamensis Dall, 1925: synonym of Sigatica semisulcata (Gray, 1839)
Euspira canonica Dall, 1919: synonym of Euspira pallida (Broderip & G.B. Sowerby I, 1829)
Euspira draconis (Dall, 1903): synonym of Glossaulax draconis (Dall, 1903)
Euspira falklandica (Preston, 1913): synonym of Falsilunatia falklandica (Preston, 1913)
Euspira fortunei (Reeve, 1855): synonym of Laguncula pulchella Benson, 1842
Euspira immaculata (Totten, 1835): synonym of Polinices immaculatus (Totten, 1835)
Euspira lewisii (Gould, 1847): synonym of Lunatia lewisii (Gould, 1847)
Euspira nana (Møller, 1842): synonym of Pseudopolinices nanus (Møller, 1842)
Euspira patagonica (Philippi, 1845): synonym of Falsilunatia patagonica (Philippi, 1845)
Euspira poliana (delle Chiaje, 1830): synonym of Euspira pulchella (Risso, 1826)
Euspira politiana Dall, 1919: synonym of Lunatia pallida (Broderip & G.B. Sowerby I, 1829)
Euspira pulchella (Risso, 1826): synonym of Euspira nitida (Donovan, 1804)
Euspira rouxi (Nicklès, 1952): synonym of Natica rouxi Nicklès, 1952
Euspira sandwichensis (Dall, 1895): synonym of Natica sandwichensis (Dall, 1895)
Euspira venusta Suter, 1907: synonym of Globisinum venustum (Suter, 1907)

References

Gofas, S. (2011). Euspira Agassiz, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138239 on 2011-04-17

Fossilworks

Sowerby J. 1837. Mineral-Conchologie Grossbrittaniens, von James Sowerby; deutsche Bearbeitung, herausgegeben von Hercules Nicolet, durchgesehen von Dr. Agassiz. Neuchatel: H. Nicolet, 52 pp., 21 pis. page(s): 14
Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp
Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

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