Euspira pallida

Euspira pallida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Euspira
Species: E. pallida
Binomial name
Euspira pallida
(Broderip & Sowerby, 1829)
Synonyms
  • Euspira canonica Dall, 1919
  • Euspira politiana Dall, 1919
  • Lunatia choshiensis Tiba, 1985
  • Lunatia pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
  • Natica borealis Gray, 1839
  • Natica caurina Gould, 1847
  • Natica groenlandica Möller, 1842
  • Natica pallida Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829 (original combination)
  • Natica pusilla Gould, 1841
  • Neverita politiana (Dall, 1919)
  • Polinices (Lunatia) pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
  • Polinices groenlandica [sic] (incorrect gender ending)
  • Polinices groenlandicus (Möller, 1842)
  • Polinices pallidus (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829)

Euspira pallida is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 42 mm.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in European waters, the North Sea, the North Atlantic Ocean (from the Arctic Sea to North Carolina) and the Beaufort Sea

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 2480 m.[2]

References

  1. Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Euspira pallida (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140536 on 2015-02-02
  2. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

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