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Euspira

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Euspira
Temporal range: Cretaceous - Recent
Euspira catena
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Euspira

Agassiz, 1838
Synonyms[1]
  • Labellinacca Cossmann, 1919
  • Lunatia Gray, 1847
  • Polinices (Euspira) Agassiz, 1838
  • Polinices (Lunatia) Gray, 1847

Euspira is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. [1]

Fossil reports

This genus is known in the fossil records from the Cretaceous to the Quaternary (age range: from 242.0 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils are found in the marine strata throughout the world. There are about 25 extinct species.[2]

Fossil shell of Euspira catena from Pliocene of Italy

Species

Species within the genus Euspira include: [1][2]

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. ^ a b c Gofas, S. (2011). Euspira Agassiz, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138239 on 2011-04-17
  2. ^ a b Fossilworks