Euspira obtusa is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Euspira obtusa
Shell of Euspira obtusa (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Euspira
Species:
E. obtusa
Binomial name
Euspira obtusa
(Jeffreys, 1885)
Synonyms[1]
  • Natica obtusa Jeffreys, 1885 (basionym)
  • Neverita obtusa (Jeffreys, 1885)
  • Neverita pilula Locard, 1897
  • Polinices obtusa (Jeffreys, 1885)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 10.2 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in European waters (the South Shetland-Faeroe Ridge), in the Atlantic Ocean off Galicia, Spain and the Cape Verdes and West Africa.

References

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  1. ^ a b Euspira obtusa (Jeffreys, 1885). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
  • Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.
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