Euspira triseriata

Euspira triseriata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Naticoidea
Family:	Naticidae
Subfamily:	Polinicinae
Genus:	Euspira
Species:	E. triseriata
Binomial name
	Euspira triseriata; (Say, 1826)
Synonyms
	Lunatia triseriata (Say, 1826); Natica triseriata Say, 1826 (basionym); Polinices triseriata (Say, 1826);

Euspira triseriata, common name the spotted moonsnail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean.

The maximum recorded shell length is 33 mm.[2]

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 274 m.[2]

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