Euspira

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Euspira
Temporal range: Triassic - Recent
Euspira catena.jpg
Euspira catena
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Euspira
Agassiz, 1838
Synonyms[1]
  • † Labellinacca Cossmann, 1919
  • Lunatia Gray, 1847
  • Natica (Euspira)
  • Natica (Lunatia) Gray, 1847
  • Polinices (Euspira) Agassiz, 1838
  • Polinices (Lunatia) Gray, 1847
  • Uber (Euspira) Agassiz, 1837

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]

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 (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 (Dall, 1895)
  • Euspira venusta Suter, 1907: synonym of (Suter, 1907)

References[]

  1. ^ a b c 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
  2. ^ a b 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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