Euspira subplicata

Euspira subplicata
Shell of Euspira subplicata (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Euspira
Species:	E. subplicata
Binomial name
Euspira subplicata (Jeffreys, 1885)
Synonyms [1]
Natica amabilisLocard, 1897 Natica extentaLocard, 1897 Natica olivella var. minorLocard, 1897 Natica prosistensLocard, 1897 Natica subplicataJeffreys, 1885 (original combination) Polinices subplicata(Jeffreys, 1880)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 10 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Morocco.

References

1. Euspira subplicata (Jeffreys, 1885) . Gofas, S. (2009). Euspira subplicata (Jeffreys, 1885). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140540 on 17 June 2010 .

• Gofas, S.; Luque, Á. A.; Templado, J.; Salas, C. (2017). A national checklist of marine Mollusca in Spanish waters. Scientia Marina. 81(2) : 241-254, and supplementary online material

External links

• Jeffreys, J. G. (1878-1885). On the Mollusca procured during the H. M. S. "Lightning" and "Porcupine" expedition. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Part 1 (1878): 393-416, pls 22-23; Part 2 (1879): 553-588 pl. 45-46 [October 1879]; Part 3 (1881): 693-724, pl. 61; Part 4 (1881): 922-952, pls 70-71 [1882]; Part 5 (1882): 656-687, pls 49-50 [1883]. Part 6 (1883): 88-115 pls 19-20; Part 7 (1884): 111-149, pls 9-10; Part 8 (1884): 341-372, pls 26-28; Part 9 (1885): 27-63 pls 4-6
• Locard A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson. vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18
• Gofas, S.; Luque, Á. A.; Templado, J.; Salas, C. (2017). A national checklist of marine Mollusca in Spanish waters. Scientia Marina. 81(2) : 241-254, and supplementary online material
• Serge GOFAS, Ángel A. LUQUE, Joan Daniel OLIVER, José TEMPLADO & Alberto SERRA (2021) - The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean); European Journal of Taxonomy 785: 1–114