Euspira subplicata

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

Euspira subplicata
Shell of Euspira subplicata (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
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E. subplicata
Binomial name
Euspira subplicata
(Jeffreys, 1885)
Synonyms[1]
  • Natica amabilis Locard, 1897
  • Natica extenta Locard, 1897
  • Natica olivella var. minor Locard, 1897
  • Natica prosistens Locard, 1897
  • Natica subplicata Jeffreys, 1885 (original combination)
  • Polinices subplicata (Jeffreys, 1880)

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


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