Euspira pallida

Euspira pallida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Euspira
Species: E. pallida
Binomial name
Euspira pallida
(Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
Synonyms[1]

Lunatia pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby, 1829)
Natica groenlandica Müller, 1842
Polinices (Lunatia) pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
Polinices pallidus

Euspira pallida, common name the pale moonsnail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Contents

Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 42 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 2480 m.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Euspira pallida (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829). Gofas, S. (2009). Euspira pallida (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140536 on 17 June 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.