Euspira grossularia, the Senegal moon snail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]
| Euspira grossularia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Genus: | Euspira |
| Species: | E. grossularia
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| Binomial name | |
| Euspira grossularia (Marche-Marchad, 1957)
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Description
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Distribution
editThis species is distributed in Mediterranean waters (Spain, Portugal); in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola.
References
edit- ^ a b Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Euspira grossularia (Marche-Marchad, 1957). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140530 on 2015-06-21
- 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
- Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.