Euspira guilleminii is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]
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| Shell of Euspira guilleminii (lectotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Genus: | Euspira |
| Species: | E. guilleminii
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| Euspira guilleminii (Payraudeau, 1826)
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 8.3 mm.
Euspira guilleminii feeds on mobile prey.[1]
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Distribution
editEuspira guilleminii is found in the Aegean Sea, the Black Sea, the Sea of Marmara, and the eastern basin of the Mediterranean Sea. [1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Euspira guillemini (Payraudeau, 1826). Gofas, S. (2009). Euspira guillemini (Payraudeau, 1826). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140531 on 17 June 2010 .
- Arnaud, P. M., 1978. Révision des taxa malacologiques méditerrannéens introduits par Antoine Risso. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice "1977"5: 101-150
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 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
External links
edit- Payraudeau B. C. (1826). Catalogue descriptif et méthodique des Annelides et des Mollusques de l'île de Corse. Paris, 218 pp. + 8 pl
- Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Paris, Levrault:. . 3(XVI): 1-480, 14 pls