''Euspira'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of medium-sized

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

marine Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the sea or ocean. Marine or marines may refer to: Ocean * Maritime (disambiguation) * Marine art * Marine biology * Marine debris * Marine habitats * Marine life * Marine pollution Military * ...

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...

s in the subfamily Polinicinae of the

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

Naticidae Naticidae, common name moon snails or necklace shells, is a family (biology), family of medium to large-sized predatory sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha. The shells of the species in this family a ...

, the moon snails.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

Fossil reports

This genus is known in the

fossil record A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved in ...

s from the

Triassic The Triassic ( ) is a geologic period and system which spans 50.6 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.902 million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period 201.36 Mya. The Triassic is the first and shortest period ...

to the

Quaternary The Quaternary ( ) is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS). It follows the Neogene Period and spans from 2.58 million years ...

(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. Fossilworks
/ref> Naticidae - Euspira catena

Species

Species within the genus ''Euspira'' include: * ''

Euspira abyssicola ''Euspira'' is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.Gofas, S. (2011). Euspira Agassiz, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ht ...

'' (E. A. Smith, 1896) * ''

Euspira agujana ''Euspira'' is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.Gofas, S. (2011). Euspira Agassiz, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ht ...

'' (Dall, W.H., 1908) * ''

Euspira blaizensis ''Euspira'' is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.Gofas, S. (2011). Euspira Agassiz, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ht ...

'' (Kilburn, 1976) * '' Euspira borshengjungi'' K.-Y. Lai, 2017 * ''

Euspira catena ''Euspira catena'', previously known as ''Natica catena'', common name the large necklace shell, is a medium-sized species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.Bouchet, P. (2012). Lunatia ca ...

'' (Costa, E.M. da, 1778) * ''

Euspira crawfordiana ''Euspira'' is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.Gofas, S. (2011). Euspira Agassiz, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ht ...

'' (Dall, 1908) * † ''

Euspira elegans ''Euspira'' is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.Gofas, S. (2011). Euspira Agassiz, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ht ...

'' (Suter, 1917) * † '' Euspira eyrensis'' Finlay, 1927 * ''

Euspira fringilla ''Euspira fringilla'' is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Euspira fringilla (Dall, 1881). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Regis ...

'' (Dall, 1881) * ''

Euspira fusca ''Euspira fusca'', common name the dark necklace shell, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Euspira fusca (Blainville, 1825). In: MolluscaBase (2 ...

'' (Blainville, H.M.D. de, 1825) * † ''

Euspira fyfei ''Euspira'' is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.Gofas, S. (2011). Euspira Agassiz, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ht ...

'' (Marwick, 1924) * ''

Euspira gilva ''Euspira'' is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.Gofas, S. (2011). Euspira Agassiz, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ht ...

'' (Philippi, 1851) * † ''

Euspira glaucinoides ''Euspira'' is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.Gofas, S. (2011). Euspira Agassiz, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ht ...

'' (J. Sowerby, 1812) * ''

Euspira grossularia ''Euspira grossularia'' known as the Senegal moon snail is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Euspira grossularia (Marche-Marchad, 1957). In: Mollu ...

'' (Marche-Marchad, I., 1957) * ''

Euspira guilleminii ''Euspira guilleminii'' is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae Naticidae, common name moon snails or necklace shells, is a family (biology), family of medium to large-sized predatory sea snails ...

'' (Payraudeau, 1826) * † ''

Euspira helicina ''Euspira'' is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.Gofas, S. (2011). Euspira Agassiz, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ht ...

'' (Brocchi, 1814) * ''

Euspira heros ''Euspira heros'', the northern moon snail, is a species of large sea snail in the family Naticidae.Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Euspira heros (Say, 1822). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Speci ...

'' (Say, T., 1822) * † ''

Euspira ilhagwilensis ''Euspira'' is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.Gofas, S. (2011). Euspira Agassiz, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ht ...

'' Pacaud, 2016 * ''

Euspira intricata ''Euspira'' is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.Gofas, S. (2011). Euspira Agassiz, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ht ...

'' (Donovan, 1804) * † ''

Euspira lateaperta ''Euspira'' is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.Gofas, S. (2011). Euspira Agassiz, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ht ...

'' (Marwick, 1924) * ''

Euspira lemaitrei ''Euspira'' is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family (biology), family Naticidae, the moon snails.Gofas, S. (2011). Euspira Agassiz, 1838. Accessed through: Worl ...

'' (Kilburn, 1976) * ''

Euspira levicula ''Euspira levicula'' is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Euspira levicula (A. E. Verrill, 1880). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed ...

'' (A. E. Verrill, 1880) * '' Euspira levis'' (E. A. Smith, 1896) * '' Euspira litorina'' (Dall, 1908) * ''

Euspira macilenta ''Euspira macilenta'' is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. Description Distribution This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connecte ...

'' (Philippi, 1844) * '' Euspira massieri'' Petuch & Berschauer, 2018 * '' Euspira montagui'' (Forbes, E., 1838) * ''

Euspira monterona ''Euspira'' is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.Gofas, S. (2011). Euspira Agassiz, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ht ...

'' Dall, 1919 * '' Euspira napus'' (Smith, E.A., 1904) * '' Euspira nitida'' (Donovan, E., 1804) * '' Euspira notabilis'' Jeffreys, 1885 * ''

Euspira nubila ''Euspira'' is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.Gofas, S. (2011). Euspira Agassiz, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ht ...

'' (Dall, 1889) * ''

Euspira nux ''Euspira'' is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.Gofas, S. (2011). Euspira Agassiz, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ht ...

'' (Okutani, 1964) * '' Euspira obtusa'' (Jeffreys, 1885) * ''

Euspira pallida ''Euspira pallida'' is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Euspira pallida (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...

'' (Broderip, W.J. & G.B. I Sowerby, 1829) * ''

Euspira pardoana ''Euspira'' is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.Gofas, S. (2011). Euspira Agassiz, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ht ...

'' (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 ''Cryptonatica affinis'', common name the Arctic moonsnail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. Description The maximum recorded shell Shell may refer to: Architecture and ...

'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''Euspira bahamensis'' Dall, 1925: synonym of ''

Sigatica semisulcata ''Sigatica semisulcata'' is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. Distribution Description The maximum recorded shell Shell may refer to: Architecture and design * Shell (s ...

'' (Gray, 1839) * ''Euspira canonica'' Dall, 1919: synonym of ''

'' (Broderip & G.B. Sowerby I, 1829) * ''Euspira draconis'' (Dall, 1903): synonym of ''

Glossaulax draconis ''Glossaulax'' is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.Bouchet, P. (2012). Glossaulax Pilsbry, 1929. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org ...

'' (Dall, 1903) * ''Euspira falklandica'' (Preston, 1913): synonym of ''

Falsilunatia falklandica ''Falsilunatia falklandica'' is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae Naticidae, common name moon snails or necklace shells, is a family (biology), family of medium to large-sized predatory sea s ...

'' (Preston, 1913) * ''Euspira fortunei'' (Reeve, 1855): synonym of ''

Laguncula pulchella ''Laguncula pulchella'' is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae Naticidae, common name moon snails or necklace shells, is a family (biology), family of medium to large-sized predatory sea snails ...

'' 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 ''Falsilunatia patagonica'' is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. Distribution This marine species occurs off the Falklands, Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, the Strait of Magellan ...

'' (Philippi, 1845) * ''Euspira poliana'' (delle Chiaje, 1830): synonym of ''

Euspira pulchella ''Euspira'' is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.Gofas, S. (2011). Euspira Agassiz, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ht ...

'' ( 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 ''Natica rouxi'' is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Naticidae, the moon snails. Description Distribution This marine species occurs off Gabon. References * Nicklès ...

'' Nicklès, 1952 * ''Euspira sandwichensis'' (Dall, 1895): synonym of '' Natica sandwichensis'' (Dall, 1895) * ''Euspira venusta'' Suter, 1907: synonym of '' Globisinum venustum'' (Suter, 1907)

References

* 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 ist 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). . 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

External links

Kabat A. R. (1991). ''The classification of the Naticidae (Mollusca Gastropoda). Review and analysis of the supraspecific taxa.'' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 152: 417-449

Huelsken T., Tapken D., Dahlmann T., Wägele H., Riginos C. & Hollmann M. (2012) ''Systematics and phylogenetic species delimitation within Polinices s.l. (Caenogastropoda: Naticidae) based on molecular data and shell morphology''. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 12: 349-375
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3142731 Naticidae Extant Triassic first appearances