Euspira montagui
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Naticoidea
Family:
Naticidae
Genus:
Euspira
Species:
E. montagui
Binomial name
Euspira montagui
Synonyms[1]
  • Lunatia montagui (Forbes, 1838)
  • Natica groenlandica Beck, 1847 (Invalid: junior homonym of Natica groenlandica Möller, 1842)
  • Natica montacuti Jeffreys, 1867
  • Natica montacuti var. albula Jeffreys, 1867
  • Natica montacuti var. conica Jeffreys, 1867
  • Natica montagui Forbes, 1838 (basionym)
  • Natica rutila MacGillivray, 1843
  • Natica squalida MacGillivray, 1843
  • Nerita rufa Montagu, 1808 (Invalid: junior homonym of Nerita rufa Born, 1778)
  • Polinices (Lunatia) montagui (Forbes, 1838)

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

Description

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Distribution

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

Records of Euspira fusca, Euspira pallida and Euspira montagui are only known from older literature (de Malzine, 1867; Colbeau, 1868; Pelseneer, 1881; Maitland, 1897; Vonck, 1933). They are possibly completely or partly based on wrong identifications of fossil species that also occur at the Belgian coast.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Euspira montagui. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140533 on 2015-06-21


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