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Euspira

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Species
E. antarctidia, E. bononiensis, E. catena, E. catenoides, E. compressa, E. constricta, E. draconis, E. ella, E. falklandica, E. gianoi, E. glaucinoides, E. gregori, E. grossularia, E. guamblinensis, E. halli, E. helicina, E. heros, E. internus, E. jacksonensis, E. jhuraensis, E. lakhaparensis, E. latecallosa, E. lewisii, E. marianus, E. marylandica, E. meisensis (syn. Polinices (Euspira) otukai, Polinices (Euspira) ashiyaensis), E. molarensis, E. morisi, E. notabilis, E. ottogeyeri, E. pallida (syn. Polinices groenlandicus), E. patagonica (syn. Natica magellanica, Polinices (Euspira) vaginatus, Natica subantarctica, Natica recognita), E. perforata, E. piccolii, E. politiana, E. popenoei, E. propeinternus, E. pulchella, E. punjabensis, E. rectilabrum, E. roei, E. saginata, E. sergipensis, E. soriensis, E. strebeli, E. submamillaris, E. subobturata, E. tabulata, E. triseriata, E. umbilicocarinata, E. umbilicolunata, E. vicanus, E. 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 (syn. Natica (Neverita) orbicularis), Polinices (Euspira) gesteri, Polinices (Euspira) hotsoni, Polinices (Euspira) lewisii, Polinices (Euspira) lincolnensis (syn. Polinices canalis, Polinices (Euspira) victoriana), Polinices (Euspira) litorinus, Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis (syn. Lunatia cowlitzensis), Polinices (Euspira) pallidus, Polinices (Euspira) pardoanus, Polinices (Euspira) ramonensis, Polinices (Euspira) simiensis, Polinices (Euspira) vientoensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Pseudopolinices Golikov
1837Euspira Agassiz
1842Laguncula Benson
1847Bensonia Gray
1915Natica (Euspira) Clark p. 486
1918Labellinacca Cossmann
1923Polinices (Euspira) Clark and Arnold p. 170 figs. Plate 33, Figs. 1a, 1b, 5a, 5b
1925Polinices (Euspira) Oldroyd p. 19
1928Polinices (Euspira) Nagao p. 95
1932Polinices (Euspira) Soper and Grant, IV p. 1063
1937Euspira Popenoe p. 398
1938Polinices (Euspira) Turner p. 88
1944Polinices (Euspira) Durham p. 159
1947Euspira Gardner p. 551
1947Euspira Harris and Palmer p. 251
1960Euspira MacNeil p. 57
1964Euspira Sohl p. 369
1967Euspira Abbass p. 78
1967Euspira Skwarko p. 23
1969Polinices (Euspira) Janssen p. 163
1973Euspira Iqbal p. 24
1977Euspira Adegoke p. 134
1977Polinices (Euspira) Marincovich p. 264
1977Scarlatia Schileyko
1980Polinices (Euspira) Hickman p. 36
1983Euspira Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 104
1984Euspira Kase p. 156
1984Polinices (Euspira) Squires p. 25
1987Polinices (Euspira) Squires p. 37
1989Euspira Majima p. 33
1993Euspira Dockery p. 40
1995Polinices (Euspira) Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 57
2001Euspira Harzhauser and Mandic p. 703
2001Euspira Wienrich p. 424
2002Euspira Harzhauser p. 89
2002Bensonia Sepkoski
2002Euspira Sepkoski
2004Euspira Stilwell et al. pp. 33, 34
2005Euspira Pastorino p. 240
2008Euspira Huelsken et al. p. 29
2008Euspira Nielson and Valdovinos p. 207
2009Euspira Pedriali and Robba p. 387
2013Polinices (Euspira) Garvie pp. 41 - 42

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyNaticoidea(Forbes 1838)
familyNaticidaeGuilding 1834
subfamilyPolinicinaeGray 1847
genusEuspiraAgassiz 1837

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Euspira Agassiz 1837
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Euspira antarctidia Stilwell et al. 2004
Euspira bononiensis Foresti 1884
Euspira catena da Costa 1778
Euspira catenoides Wood 1842
Euspira compressa Waring 1917
Euspira draconis Dall 1903
Euspira ella Olsson 1954
Euspira falklandica Preston 1913
Euspira gianoi Robba et al. 2016
Euspira glaucinoides Sowerby 1812
Euspira gregori Etayo-Serna 1979
Euspira grossularia Marche-Marchad 1957
Euspira guamblinensis Frassinetti and Covacevich 1995
Euspira halli Gabb 1860
Euspira helicina Brocchi 1814
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Euspira helicina helicina Robba et al. 2016
Euspira heros Say 1822
Euspira internus Say 1824
Euspira jacksonensis Harris and Palmer 1947
Euspira jhuraensis Das et al. 2019
Euspira lakhaparensis Das et al. 2019
Euspira latecallosa Robba et al. 2016
Euspira lewisii Gould 1847
Euspira marianus Murphy and Rodda 1960
Euspira marylandica Conrad 1865
Euspira meisensis Makiyama 1926
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Invalid names: Polinices (Euspira) ashiyaensis Nagao 1928 [synonym], Polinices (Euspira) otukai Masuda 1956 [synonym]
Euspira molarensis Robba et al. 2016
Euspira morisi Awad and Abed 1967
Euspira notabilis Jeffreys 1885
Euspira ottogeyeri Etayo-Serna 1979
Euspira pallida Broderip and Sowerby 1829
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Invalid names: Polinices groenlandicus Möller 1842 [synonym]
Euspira patagonica Philippi 1845
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Invalid names: Natica magellanica Hombron and Jacquinot 1854 [synonym], Natica recognita Mabille and Rochebrune 1889 [synonym], Natica subantarctica Preston 1913 [synonym], Polinices (Euspira) vaginatus Dall 1908 [synonym]
Euspira perforata Deshayes 1864
Euspira piccolii Robba et al. 2016
Euspira politiana Dall 1919
Euspira popenoei Murphy and Rodda 1960
Euspira propeinternus Mansfield 1935
Euspira pulchella Risso 1826
Euspira punjabensis Eames 1952
Euspira rectilabrum Conrad 1858
Euspira roei Cox 1930
Euspira saginata Böhm 1895
Euspira sergipensis Maury 1936
Euspira soriensis Eames 1952
Euspira strebeli Dall 1908
Euspira submamillaris Sacco 1890
Euspira subobturata Sacco 1891
Euspira tabulata Gabb 1869
Euspira umbilicocarinata Robba et al. 2016
Euspira umbilicolunata Robba et al. 2016
Euspira vicanus Olsson 1928
Euspira waltonensis Mansfield 1935
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Invalid names: Natica (Neverita) orbicularis Nomland 1916 [synonym]
Polinices (Euspira) gesteri Dickerson 1916
Polinices (Euspira) hotsoni Weaver and Palmer 1922
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Invalid names: Polinices (Euspira) victoriana Clark and Arnold 1923 [synonym], Polinices canalis Moore 1963 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Lunatia cowlitzensis Dickerson 1915 [synonym]
Polinices (Euspira) vientoensis Clark and Durham 1946
Invalid names: Bensonia Gray 1847 [synonym], Labellinacca Cossmann 1918 [synonym], Laguncula Benson 1842 [synonym], Pseudopolinices Golikov 1833 [synonym], Scarlatia Schileyko 1977 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. Marincovich 1977Shell small to large, globose; whorls moderately to greatly inflated; suture weakly to deeply impressed. Umbilical callus usually slender, may be slightly broad, never closing umbilicus. Parietal callus thin to moderately thick.