Euspira grossularia

Euspira grossularia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Subfamily: Polinicinae
Genus: Euspira
Species: E. grossularia
Binomial name
Euspira grossularia
(Marche-Marchad, 1957)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lunatia grossularia (Marche-Marchad, 1957)
  • Polinices grossularia Marche-Marchad, 1957 (original combination)
  • Polynices grossularia Marche-Marchad

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.[1]

Distribution

This species is distributed in Mediterranean waters (Spain, Portugal); in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola.

References

  1. 1 2 Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Euspira grossularia (Marche-Marchad, 1957). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140530 on 2015-06-21

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, June 21, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.