Euspira obtusa

Euspira obtusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Naticoidea
Family:	Naticidae
Subfamily:	Polinicinae
Genus:	Euspira
Species:	E. obtusa
Binomial name
	Euspira obtusa; (Jeffreys, 1885)
Synonyms
	Natica obtusa Jeffreys, 1885 (basionym); Neverita obtusa (Jeffreys, 1885); Neverita pilula Locard, 1897; Polinices obtusa (Jeffreys, 1885);

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

Description

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

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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