Euspira

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Euspira
Euspira catena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Euspira
Agassiz, 1838
Synonyms[1]
  • Lunatia Gray, 1847
  • Polinices (Euspira) Agassiz, 1838
  • Polinices (Lunatia) Gray, 1847

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

Species

Species within the genus Euspira include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Euspira bahamensis Dall, 1925 accepted as Sigatica semisulcata (Gray, 1839)
  • Euspira canonica Dall, 1919 accepted as Lunatia pallida (Broderip & G.B. Sowerby I, 1829)
  • Euspira catena (da Costa, 1778) accepted as Lunatia catena (da Costa, 1778)
  • Euspira fortunei (Reeve, 1855) accepted as Laguncula pulchella Benson, 1842
  • Euspira fringilla (Dall, 1881) accepted as Lunatia fringilla (Dall, 1881)
  • Euspira fusca (Blainville, 1825) accepted as Lunatia fusca (Blainville, 1825)
  • Euspira grossularia (Marche-Marchad, 1957) accepted as Lunatia grossularia (Marche-Marchad, 1957)
  • Euspira heros (Say, 1822) accepted as Lunatia heros (Say, 1822)
  • Euspira immaculata (Totten, 1835) accepted as Polinices immaculatus (Totten, 1835)
  • Euspira levicula (A. E. Verrill, 1880) accepted as Lunatia levicula (A.E. Verrill, 1880)
  • Euspira lewisii (Gould, 1847) accepted as Lunatia lewisii (Gould, 1847)
  • Euspira montagui (Forbes, 1838) accepted as Lunatia montagui (Forbes, 1838)
  • Euspira monterona Dall, 1919 accepted as Lunatia monterona (Dall, 1919)
  • Euspira nana (Møller, 1842) accepted as Pseudopolinices nanus (Møller, 1842)
  • Euspira nitida (Donovan, 1804) accepted as Euspira pulchella (Risso, 1826)
  • Euspira obtusa (Jeffreys, 1885) accepted as Neverita obtusa (Jeffreys, 1885)
  • Euspira pallida (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829) accepted as Lunatia pallida (Broderip & G.B. Sowerby I, 1829)
  • Euspira patagonica (Philippi, 1845) accepted as Falsilunatia patagonica (Philippi, 1845)
  • Euspira plicispira (Kuroda, 1961) accepted as Lunatia plicispira Kuroda, 1961
  • Euspira poliana (delle Chiaje, 1830) accepted as Euspira pulchella (Risso, 1826)
  • Euspira politiana Dall, 1919 accepted as Lunatia pallida (Broderip & G.B. Sowerby I, 1829)
  • Euspira sandwichensis (Dall, 1895) accepted as Natica sandwichensis (Dall, 1895)
  • Euspira tenuistriata (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1911) accepted as Lunatia tenuistriata (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1911)
  • Euspira triseriata (Say, 1826) accepted as Lunatia triseriata (Say, 1826)
  • Euspira venusta Suter, 1907 accepted as Globisinum venustum (Suter, 1907)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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
  • 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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