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Euspira subplicata

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Euspira subplicata
Shell of Euspira subplicata (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. 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)

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 10 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Morocco.

References

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  1. ^ a b 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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