Euspira pallida

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Euspira pallida
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Euspira
Species:
E. pallida
Binomial name
Euspira pallida
(Broderip & Sowerby, 1829)
Synonyms
  • Euspira canonicaDall, 1919
  • Euspira politianaDall, 1919
  • Lunatia choshiensisTiba, 1985
  • Lunatia pallida(Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
  • Natica borealisGray, 1839
  • Natica caurinaGould, 1847
  • Natica gouldiiPhilippi, 1845
  • Natica groenlandicaMöller, 1842
  • Natica pallidaBroderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829 (original combination)
  • Natica pusillaGould, 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 mollusc in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. [1]

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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]

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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.