Euspira obtusa

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Euspira obtusa
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Shell of Euspira obtusa (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Euspira
Species:
E. obtusa
Binomial name
Euspira obtusa
(Jeffreys, 1885)
Synonyms [1]
  • Natica obtusaJeffreys, 1885 (basionym)
  • Neverita obtusa(Jeffreys, 1885)
  • Neverita pilulaLocard, 1897
  • Polinices obtusa(Jeffreys, 1885)

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 10.2 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters (the South Shetland-Faeroe Ridge), in the Atlantic Ocean off Galicia, Spain and the Cape Verdes and West Africa.

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References

  1. 1 2 Euspira obtusa (Jeffreys, 1885) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 4 December 2018.