Euspira fringilla

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Euspira fringilla
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Euspira
Species:
E. fringilla
Binomial name
Euspira fringilla
(Dall, 1881)
Synonyms [1]
  • Lunatia fringilla(Dall, 1881)
  • Natica fringillaDall, 1881 (basionym)
  • Natica fringilla var. perlaDall, 1889
  • Polinices fringillus(Dall, 1881)

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

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 7 mm. [2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 538 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 1536 m. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Euspira fringilla (Dall, 1881). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419753 on 2015-06-21
  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 .