Euspira Explained

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]

Species

Species within the genus Euspira include:^{[1] [2]}

• Euspira abyssicola (E. A. Smith, 1896)
• Euspira agujana (Dall, W.H., 1908)
• Euspira blaizensis (Kilburn, 1976)
• Euspira borshengjungi K.-Y. Lai, 2017
• Euspira catena (Costa, E.M. da, 1778)
• Euspira crawfordiana (Dall, 1908)
• † Euspira elegans (Suter, 1917)
• † Euspira eyrensis Finlay, 1927
• Euspira fringilla (Dall, 1881)
• Euspira fusca (Blainville, H.M.D. de, 1825)
• † Euspira fyfei (Marwick, 1924)
• Euspira gilva (Philippi, 1851)
• † Euspira glaucinoides (J. Sowerby, 1812)
• Euspira grossularia (Marche-Marchad, I., 1957)
• Euspira guilleminii (Payraudeau, 1826)
• † Euspira helicina (Brocchi, 1814)
• Euspira heros (Say, T., 1822)
• † Euspira ilhagwilensis Pacaud, 2016
• Euspira intricata (Donovan, 1804)
• † Euspira lateaperta (Marwick, 1924)
• Euspira lemaitrei (Kilburn, 1976)
• Euspira levicula (A. E. Verrill, 1880)
• Euspira levis (E. A. Smith, 1896)
• Euspira litorina (Dall, 1908)
• Euspira macilenta (Philippi, 1844)
• Euspira massieri Petuch & Berschauer, 2018
• Euspira montagui (Forbes, E., 1838)
• Euspira monterona Dall, 1919
• Euspira napus (Smith, E.A., 1904)
• Euspira nitida (Donovan, E., 1804)
• Euspira notabilis Jeffreys, 1885
• Euspira nubila (Dall, 1889)
• Euspira nux (Okutani, 1964)
• Euspira obtusa (Jeffreys, 1885)
• Euspira pallida (Broderip, W.J. & G.B. I Sowerby, 1829)
• Euspira pardoana (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 (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 Glossaulax draconis (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 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 [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). . 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

Notes and References

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
2. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=9839 Fossilworks