Euspira pallida

Euspira pallida is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

Euspira pallida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Naticoidea
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Euspira
Species:	E. pallida
Binomial name
Euspira pallida (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829)
Synonyms
Euspira canonica Dall, 1919 Euspira politiana Dall, 1919 Lunatia choshiensis Tiba, 1985 Lunatia pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) Natica borealis Gray, 1839 Natica caurina Gould, 1847 Natica gouldii Philippi, 1845 Natica groenlandica Möller, 1842 Natica pallida Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829 (original combination) Natica pusilla Gould, 1841 Neverita politiana (Dall, 1919) Polinices (Lunatia) pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) Polinices groenlandica [sic] (incorrect gender ending) Polinices groenlandicus (Möller, 1842) Polinices pallidus (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829)

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 42 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in European waters, the North Sea, the North Atlantic Ocean (from the Arctic Sea to North Carolina) and the Beaufort Sea

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 2480 m.

References

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