Deep-Sea taxon details
Euspira Agassiz, 1837
138239 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138239)
accepted
Genus
Lunatia J. E. Gray, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Polinices (Euspira) Agassiz, 1837 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Polinices (Lunatia) Gray, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Euspira fringilla (Dall, 1881)
- Species Euspira fusca (Blainville, 1825)
- Species Euspira montagui (Forbes, 1838)
- Species Euspira nitida (Donovan, 1803)
- Species Euspira notabilis (Jeffreys, 1885)
- Species Euspira obtusa (Jeffreys, 1885)
- Species Euspira pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
- Species Euspira subplicata (Jeffreys, 1885)
- Species Euspira acosmita Dall, 1919 accepted as Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791) (synonym)
- Species Euspira pulchella (Risso, 1826) accepted as Euspira nitida (Donovan, 1803)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Sowerby J.; Agassiz, L. (1837). Mineral-Conchologie Grossbrittaniens, von James Sowerby; deutsche Bearbeitung, herausgegeben von Hercules Nicolet, durchgesehen von Dr. Agassiz. <em>Neuchatel: H. Nicolet.</em> 52 pp., 21 pis.
page(s): 320; note: Right above AMPULLARIA acuta, in small font. [details]
page(s): 320; note: Right above AMPULLARIA acuta, in small font. [details]
Taxonomy Torigoe & Inaba (2011) provided a rather arbitrary assignment of species to respectively Euspira and Lunatia and this has...
Taxonomy Torigoe & Inaba (2011) provided a rather arbitrary assignment of species to respectively Euspira and Lunatia and this has been at one time uploaded in the WoRMS classification. However this is not based on any in-depth phylogenetic analysis and has proved inconsistent when some closely related European species (e.g. Euspira guillemini, E. macilenta) were then not congeneric.
Until a substantiated phylogenetic hypothesis is published for the group, Lunatia is here considered a junior subjective synonym of Euspira and all the species accepted under Euspira, following in this Marincovich (1977), Kabat (1991) and the Malacolog database. [details]
Until a substantiated phylogenetic hypothesis is published for the group, Lunatia is here considered a junior subjective synonym of Euspira and all the species accepted under Euspira, following in this Marincovich (1977), Kabat (1991) and the Malacolog database. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Euspira Agassiz, 1837. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138239 on 2025-06-02
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Euspira Agassiz, 1837. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138239 on 2025-06-02
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Sowerby J.; Agassiz, L. (1837). Mineral-Conchologie Grossbrittaniens, von James Sowerby; deutsche Bearbeitung, herausgegeben von Hercules Nicolet, durchgesehen von Dr. Agassiz. <em>Neuchatel: H. Nicolet.</em> 52 pp., 21 pis.
page(s): 320; note: Right above AMPULLARIA acuta, in small font. [details]
original description (of Lunatia J. E. Gray, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 149 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors
basis of record 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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
status source Kabat A. R. (1991). The classification of the Naticidae (Mollusca Gastropoda). Review and analysis of the supraspecific taxa. <i>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 152</i>: 417-449, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4782270
page(s): 429 [details]
status source Huelsken T., Tapken D., Dahlmann T., Wägele H., Riginos C. & Hollmann M. (2012) Systematics and phylogenetic species delimitation within <i>Polinices s.l.</i> (Caenogastropoda: Naticidae) based on molecular data and shell morphology. <i>Organisms, Diversity & Evolution</i> 12: 349-375. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-012-0111-5 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 320; note: Right above AMPULLARIA acuta, in small font. [details]
original description (of Lunatia J. E. Gray, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 149 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors
basis of record 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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
status source Kabat A. R. (1991). The classification of the Naticidae (Mollusca Gastropoda). Review and analysis of the supraspecific taxa. <i>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 152</i>: 417-449, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4782270
page(s): 429 [details]
status source Huelsken T., Tapken D., Dahlmann T., Wägele H., Riginos C. & Hollmann M. (2012) Systematics and phylogenetic species delimitation within <i>Polinices s.l.</i> (Caenogastropoda: Naticidae) based on molecular data and shell morphology. <i>Organisms, Diversity & Evolution</i> 12: 349-375. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-012-0111-5 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Torigoe & Inaba (2011) provided a rather arbitrary assignment of species to respectively Euspira and Lunatia and this has been at one time uploaded in the WoRMS classification. However this is not based on any in-depth phylogenetic analysis and has proved inconsistent when some closely related European species (e.g. Euspira guillemini, E. macilenta) were then not congeneric.Until a substantiated phylogenetic hypothesis is published for the group, Lunatia is here considered a junior subjective synonym of Euspira and all the species accepted under Euspira, following in this Marincovich (1977), Kabat (1991) and the Malacolog database. [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Lunatia J. E. Gray, 1847)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Euspira)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lunatia) (from synonym Lunatia J. E. Gray, 1847)
To Genbank (from synonym Lunatia J. E. Gray, 1847)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (8 traits) (from synonym Lunatia J. E. Gray, 1847)
To The Arctic Traits Database (9 traits)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Euspira)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lunatia) (from synonym Lunatia J. E. Gray, 1847)
To Genbank (from synonym Lunatia J. E. Gray, 1847)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (8 traits) (from synonym Lunatia J. E. Gray, 1847)
To The Arctic Traits Database (9 traits)
To ITIS