Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Naticoidea > Family Naticidae > Subfamily Polinicinae > Genus Euspira

Euspira fusca (Blainville, 1825)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Euspira*	Agassiz in J. Sowerby, 1837	accepted genus name
*Lunatia*	Gray, 1847	synonym
*Polinices (Euspira)*	Agassiz in J. Sowerby, 1837	synonym
*Polinices (Lunatia)*	Gray, 1847	synonym

Species group names

*Natica fusca*	Blainville, 1825	basionym
*Lunatia fusca*	(Blainville, 1825)	synonym
*Natica angulata*	Jeffreys, 1885	synonym
*Natica brocchiana*	Philippi, 1851	synonym
*Natica compacta*	Jeffreys, 1885	synonym
*Natica fusca*	Blainville, 1825	synonym
*Natica plicatula*	Reeve, 1855	synonym
*Polinices (Lunatia) fusca*	(Blainville, 1825)	synonym
*Polinices (Lunatia) sordida*	(Philippi, 1844)	synonym
*Polinices fuscus*	(Blainville, 1825)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: dark necklace shell sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Dark Necklace Shell sources: Charles Hussey

Greek: Σκουροφέγγαρο

Literature

basis of record	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
additional source	Huelsken T., Tapken D., Dahlmann T., Wägele H., Riginos C. & Hollmann M. (2012) Systematics and phylogenetic species delimitation within Polinices s.l. (Caenogastropoda: Naticidae) based on molecular data and shell morphology. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 12: 349-375.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
Barcode of Life
Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
GBIF

Citation

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Euspira fusca (Blainville, 1825). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140529