Euspira presubplicata

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

Euspira presubplicata
Shell of Euspira presubplicata (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Naticoidea
Family:
Naticidae
Genus:
Euspira
Species:
E. presubplicata
Binomial name
Euspira presubplicata
(Bouchet & Warén, 1993)
Synonyms

Polinices presubplicata Bouchet & Warén, 1993

Description

The length of the shell attains 14.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Portugal.

References
  1. Euspira presubplicata (Bouchet & Warén, 1993). Gofas, S. (2009). Euspira presubplicata (Bouchet & Warén, 1993). 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=140538 on 17 June 2010 .
  • Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1993). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Mesogastropoda. Bollettino Malacologico supplemento 3: 579-840
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.


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