Euspira fusca

Euspira fusca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Euspira
Species: E. fusca
Binomial name
Euspira fusca
(de Blainville, 1825) ref> Blainville H.M.D. de (1825). Natice, Natica, pp. 247-255, in: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 34. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris, & Le Normant, Paris.
Synonyms[1]
  • Lunatia fusca (Blainville, 1825)
  • Lunatia sordida (Philippi, 1836)
  • Natica angulata Jeffreys, 1885
  • Natica brocchiana Philippi, 1851
  • Natica compacta Jeffreys, 1885
  • Natica fusca Blainville, 1825 (original combination)
  • Natica plicatula Reeve, 1855
  • Natica sordida Philippi, 1844 (invalid: junior homonym of Natica sordida Swainson, 1821)
  • Polinices (Lunatia) fusca (Blainville, 1825)
  • Polinices (Lunatia) sordida (Blainville, 1825)
  • Polinices fuscus (Blainville, 1825)

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.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean, European waters and the Mediterranean Sea.

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Euspira fusca (Blainville, 1825). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140529 on 2015-06-21

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