Euspira pallida | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Naticidae |
Genus: | Euspira |
Species: | E. pallida
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Binomial name | |
Euspira pallida (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829)
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Synonyms | |
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Euspira pallida is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The maximum recorded shell length is 42 mm.[2]
Distribution
[edit]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
[edit]Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 2480 m.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Euspira pallida (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140536 on 2015-02-02
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