Euspira fusca

Euspira fusca
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Euspira
Species:	E. fusca
Binomial name
	Euspira fusca; (de Blainville, 1825) ref> Blainville H.M.D. de (1825). Natice, Natica, pp. 247-255, in: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 34. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris, & Le Normant, Paris.
Synonyms
	Lunatia fusca (Blainville, 1825); Lunatia sordida (Philippi, 1836); Natica angulata Jeffreys, 1885; Natica brocchiana Philippi, 1851; Natica compacta Jeffreys, 1885; Natica fusca Blainville, 1825 (original combination); Natica plicatula Reeve, 1855; Natica sordida Philippi, 1844 (invalid: junior homonym of Natica sordida Swainson, 1821); Polinices (Lunatia) fusca (Blainville, 1825); Polinices (Lunatia) sordida (Blainville, 1825); Polinices fuscus (Blainville, 1825);

Euspira fusca, common name the dark necklace shell, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean, European waters and the Mediterranean Sea.

^ ^a ^b Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Euspira fusca (Blainville, 1825). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140529 on 2015-06-21

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