Euspira
| Euspira | |
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| 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 |
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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:
- Euspira agujana (Dall, W.H., 1908)
- Euspira catena (Costa, E.M. da, 1778)
- Euspira fusca (Blainville, H.M.D. de, 1825)
- Euspira grossularia (Marche-Marchad, I., 1957)
- Euspira guilleminii (Payraudeau, 1826)
- Euspira heros (Say, T., 1822)
- Euspira levis (E. A. Smith, 1896)
- Euspira macilenta (Philippi, 1844)
- Euspira montagui (Forbes, E., 1838)
- Euspira napus (Smith, E.A., 1904)
- Euspira nitida (Donovan, E., 1804)
- Euspira notabilis Jeffreys, 1885
- Euspira nux (Okutani, 1964)
- Euspira pallida (Broderip, W.J. & G.B. I Sowerby, 1829)
- Euspira phaeocephala (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896)
- Euspira pila (Pilsbry, H.A., 1911)
- Euspira plicispira (Kuroda, T., 1961)
- Euspira presubplicata (Bouchet & Warén, 1993)
- Euspira pulchella (Risso, 1826)
- Euspira rouxi (Nicklès, 1952)
- Euspira sagamiensis Kuroda & Habe, 1971
- Euspira strebeli (Dall, 1908)
- Euspira subplicata (Jeffreys, 1885)
- Euspira tenuistriata (Dautzenberg, Ph. & H. Fischer, 1911)
- Euspira triseriata (Say, T., 1826)
- Euspira yokoyamai (Kuroda & Habe, 1952)
- 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
- ↑ 1.0 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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