Euspira obtusa
Shell of Euspira obtusa (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 obtusa Jeffreys, 1885 (basionym)
  • Neverita obtusa (Jeffreys, 1885)
  • Neverita pilula Locard, 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]

Description

The length of the shell attains 10.2 mm.

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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.

References

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

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