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Euspira

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Euspira is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euspira, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2300399	https://www.gbif.org/species/2300399
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	10076	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=10076

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : Euspira

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Naticidae : Euspira

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
superorder	Hypsogastropoda
infraorder	Littorinimorpha	Golikov and Starobogtov 1975
superfamily	Naticoidea	(Forbes 1838)
family	Naticidae	Guilding 1834
genus	Euspira	Agassiz 1837

Scientific Name

Euspira Agassiz, 1837

Name Published In

Sowerby J.; Agassiz, L. (1837). Mineral-Conchologie Grossbrittaniens, von James Sowerby; deutsche Bearbeitung, herausgegeben von Hercules Nicolet, durchgesehen von Dr. Agassiz. Neuchatel: H. Nicolet. 52 pp., 21 pis.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Lunatia	subgenus	belongs to Natica	implied	de Gregorio, 1890
Lunatia	subgenus	belongs to Polinices	stated with evidence	Dall, 1892
Lunatia	subgenus	belongs to Polynices	stated without evidence	Martin, 1904
Lunatia	genus	belongs to Naticidae	stated without evidence	Olsson, 1931
Lunatia	genus	belongs to Naticidae	stated with evidence	Ward and Blackwelder, 1987
Lunatia	genus	subjective synonym of Euspira	stated without evidence	Kabat, 1991
Lunatia	genus	belongs to Neotaenioglossa	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (33%)

First Recorded Appearance

129 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Motility

actively mobile (based on Naticidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Naticidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Naticidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Common Name(s)

Lunaties

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euspira

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Euspira abyssicola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira agujana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira antarctidia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Euspira blaizensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira borshengjungi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira catena species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		21	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Euspira crawfordiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira elegans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira ella species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Euspira fringilla species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira fusca species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira fyfei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira gianoi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Euspira gilva species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira glaucinoides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		15	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	55.8 Ma Eocene
Euspira gregori ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	61.6 Ma Paleocene
Euspira grossularia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Euspira guilleminii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira heros species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		60	23.0 Ma Miocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Euspira ilhagwilensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira intricata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira jacksonensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		41	47.8 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Euspira lateaperta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira latecallosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Euspira levicula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira levis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira litorina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira macilenta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira massieri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira molarensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Euspira montagui species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira monterona species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira morisi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Euspira napus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira nitida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira notabilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Euspira nubila species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira nux species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira obtusa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira ottogeyeri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	61.6 Ma Paleocene
Euspira pallida species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		31	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Euspira pardoana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira parvissima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira phaeocephala species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira piccolii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Euspira pila species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira plicispira species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira presubplicata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira propeinternus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Euspira punjabensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	55.8 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Euspira roei species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	61.6 Ma Paleocene	61.6 Ma Paleocene
Euspira rotunda species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira sagamiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira saginata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	242 Ma Middle Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Euspira sergipensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Euspira soriensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Euspira staringi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira strebeli species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Euspira subplicata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira talismani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira tenuis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira tenuistriata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira triseriata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	3.60 Ma Pliocene	0 Ma Extant
Euspira umbilicocarinata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Euspira umbilicolunata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Euspira utahensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira vicksburgensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euspira waltonensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Euspira yokoyamai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gyrodes compressus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lunatia chulucana species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Lunatia cowlitzensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Lunatia halli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lunatia hemicrypta species	listed (PBDB)		7	28.4 Ma Oligocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Lunatia hornii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lunatia lewisii species	listed (PBDB)		10	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Lunatia marylandica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lunatia nuciformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Natica catenoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Natica gesteri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Natica helicina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Natica perforata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Natica submamillaris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polinices (Lunatia) utoensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	48.6 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Polinices clementensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polinices constrictus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polinices guamblinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polinices hotsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polinices rectilabrum species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		178	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Polinices vicanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polinices vientoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polynices internus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Lnuatia Spriestersbach, 1919	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : *Lnuatia*
Lunatia Gray, 1847	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : *Lunatia*
Payraudautia Dollfus, 1883	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : *Payraudautia*
Payreaudautia Simroth, 1907	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : *Payreaudautia*
Labellinacca Cossmann, 1919	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : *Labellinacca*
Payraudeautia Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : *Payraudeautia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1847	Lunatia Gray
1890	Natica (Lunatia) de Gregorio p. 149
1892	Polinices (Lunatia) Dall p. 373
1904	Polynices (Lunatia) Martin p. 252
1928	Polinices (Lunatia) Nagao p. 119
1931	Lunatia Olsson p. 69
1973	Lunatia Marasti p. 88
1987	Lunatia Ward and Blackwelder p. 132
2002	Lunatia Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Martin G. C. (1904) Gastropoda, Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text, 131-269

Nagao T. (1928) Palaeogene fossils of the Island of Kyushu, Japan Part I, Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University 9 3, 97-128

Olsson A. A. (1931) Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene, Bulletins of American Paleontology 17 63

Marasti R. (1973) La fauna tortoniana del T. Stirone (limite Parmense-Piacentino), Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 12 1, 76-120

Ward L. W., Blackwelder B.W. (1987) Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61, 113-283

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

GBIF (2016) Global Biodiversity Information Facility: http://data.gbif.org/ - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

SN2000/Bouchet et al., 2001 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

in Sowerby, Min. Conch. (Germ. ed.), 14 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

La Rocque, Aurèle, 1953: Catalogue of the Recent Mollusca of Canada. National Museum of Canada, Bulletin, no. 29. ix + 406. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

MolluscaBase (2016) http://www.molluscabase.org/ - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

WoRMS (2016) Accessed through World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/ - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Kabat A. R. (1991). The classification of the Naticidae (Mollusca Gastropoda). Review and analysis of the supraspecific taxa. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 152: 417-449 - via World Register of Marine Species

Huelsken T., Tapken D., Dahlmann T., Wägele H., Riginos C. & Hollmann M. (2012) Systematics and phylogenetic species delimitation within Polinices s.l. (Caenogastropoda: Naticidae) based on molecular data and shell morphology. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 12: 349-375. - via World Register of Marine Species

Karlsson, Anna (2004) Mollusker - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

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. - via World Register of Marine Species

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