Euspira Agassiz 1837 (moon snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae

Alternative spellings: Natica (Euspira), Polinices (Euspira)

Synonyms: Bensonia Gray 1847, Labellinacca Cossmann 1918, Laguncula Benson 1842, Pseudopolinices Golikov 1833, Scarlatia Schileyko 1977

Parent taxon: Polinicinae according to L. Pedriali and E. Robba 2009

See also Abbass 1967, Adegoke 1977, Clark 1915, Clark and Arnold 1923, Dockery 1993, Durham 1944, Frassinetti and Covacevich 1995, Gardner 1947, Garvie 2013, Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983, Harris and Palmer 1947, Harzhauser 2002, Harzhauser and Mandic 2001, Hickman 1980, Huelsken et al. 2008, Iqbal 1973, Kabat 1991, Kase 1984, MacNeil 1960, Majima 1989, Marincovich 1977, Nagao 1928, Nielson and Valdovinos 2008, Oldroyd 1925, Pastorino 2005, Popenoe 1937, Sepkoski 2002, Skwarko 1967, Sohl 1964, Soper and Grant, IV 1932, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Stilwell et al. 2004, Turner 1938 and Wienrich 2001

Sister taxa: Bulbus, Calinaticina, Cepatia, Choristes, Conuber, Falsilunatia, Kerguelenatica, Mammilla, Neverita, Payraudeautia, Pliconacca, Polinices, Poliniciella, Sigaticus, Uberella

Subtaxa: Euspira antarctidia Euspira bononiensis Euspira catena Euspira catenoides Euspira compressa Euspira constricta Euspira draconis Euspira ella Euspira falklandica Euspira gianoi Euspira glaucinoides Euspira gregori Euspira grossularia Euspira guamblinensis Euspira halli Euspira helicina Euspira heros Euspira internus Euspira jacksonensis Euspira jhuraensis Euspira lakhaparensis Euspira latecallosa Euspira lewisii Euspira marianus Euspira marylandica Euspira meisensis Euspira molarensis Euspira morisi Euspira notabilis Euspira ottogeyeri Euspira pallida Euspira patagonica Euspira perforata Euspira piccolii Euspira politiana Euspira popenoei Euspira propeinternus Euspira pulchella Euspira punjabensis Euspira rectilabrum Euspira roei Euspira saginata Euspira sergipensis Euspira soriensis Euspira strebeli Euspira submamillaris Euspira subobturata Euspira tabulata Euspira triseriata Euspira umbilicocarinata Euspira umbilicolunata Euspira vicanus Euspira waltonensis Laguncula dorotheae Laguncula montrisouensis Natica (Euspira) diabloensis Natica (Euspira) kirkensis Natica (Euspira) ramonensis Polinices (Euspira) agujanus Polinices (Euspira) blakeleyensis Polinices (Euspira) clementensis Polinices (Euspira) crawfordianus Polinices (Euspira) diabloensis Polinices (Euspira) draconis Polinices (Euspira) galianoi Polinices (Euspira) gesteri Polinices (Euspira) hotsoni Polinices (Euspira) lewisii Polinices (Euspira) lincolnensis Polinices (Euspira) litorinus Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis Polinices (Euspira) pallidus Polinices (Euspira) pardoanus Polinices (Euspira) ramonensis Polinices (Euspira) simiensis Polinices (Euspira) vientoensis

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Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (14: British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Ontario collections), Chile (1), Greenland (5), Iceland (5), Ireland (1), Italy (8), Mexico (2), Morocco (2), the Netherlands (5), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (58: California, Florida, Maine, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington)

• Blancan of United States (3: California)

• Pliocene of Belgium (3), Chile (8), Ecuador (1), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), India (1), Italy (9), Japan (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (28: Alaska, California, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia)

• Miocene of Austria (6), Belgium (7), Denmark (1), France (2), Germany (38), Italy (8), Japan (23), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (2), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (3), Slovakia (3), United States (52: Alaska, California, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, Oregon, Virginia)

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)

• Oligocene of Argentina (1), Austria (5), Belgium (4), Denmark (5), France (15), Germany (1), Japan (25), the Netherlands (1), Romania (1), United States (15: Alaska, California, Mississippi, North Carolina, Washington)

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon)

• Eocene of Belgium (2), Bulgaria (2), Colombia (1), France (7), Germany (1), Japan (3), Pakistan (12), Peru (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (3), Senegal (1), the United Kingdom (19), United States (151: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Washinton)

• Paleocene to Eocene of Australia (1)

• Paleocene of Antarctica (1), Argentina (4), Australia (3), Belgium (2), Colombia (2), Egypt (1), France (1), Germany (1), Mexico (3), Pakistan (1), Poland (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (46: Alabama, California, Maryland, New Jersey, Texas, Virginia)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Mali (1), United States (1: New Jersey)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (14), Australia (3), Brazil (1), Japan (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (3), the Russian Federation (1), United States (327: Alabama, Arizona, California, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

• Triassic of Italy (1)

Total: 1016 collections including 1163 occurrences

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