Euspira fusca

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Euspira fusca
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Euspira
Species:
E. fusca
Binomial name
Euspira fusca
Synonyms [1]
  • Lunatia fusca(Blainville, 1825)
  • Lunatia sordida(Philippi, 1836)
  • Natica angulataJeffreys, 1885
  • Natica brocchianaPhilippi, 1851
  • Natica compactaJeffreys, 1885
  • Natica fuscaBlainville, 1825 (original combination)
  • Natica plicatulaReeve, 1855
  • Natica sordidaPhilippi, 1844 (invalid: junior homonym of Natica sordidaSwainson, 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 mollusc in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. [1]

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Distribution

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

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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