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

Euspira fusca (Blainville, 1825)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Natica Scopoli, 1777

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Euspira*	Agassiz, 1837	accepted genus name
*Lunatia*	J. E. Gray, 1847	synonym
*Natica (Payraudeautia)*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883	synonym
*Payraudeautia*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883	synonym
*Polinices (Euspira)*	Agassiz, 1837	synonym
*Polinices (Lunatia)*	Gray, 1847	synonym

Species group names

*Natica sordida*	R. A. Philippi, 1844	junior homonym
*Lunatia fusca*	(Blainville, 1825)	synonym
*Natica angulata*	Jeffreys, 1885	synonym
*Natica brocchiana*	R. A. Philippi, 1852	synonym
*Natica compacta*	Jeffreys, 1885	synonym
*Natica plicatula*	Reeve, 1855	synonym; nom. inval.
*Polinices (Lunatia) fusca*	(Blainville, 1825)	synonym
*Polinices (Lunatia) sordida*	(R. A. Philippi, 1844)	synonym
*Polinices fuscus*	(Blainville, 1825)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Greek: Σκουροφέγγαρο

Literature

basis of record	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.
additional source	Nolf, F. (2021). The presence of Euspira lemaitrei (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Naticidae) along the West African coasts and the status of Euspira massieri Petuch & Berschauer, 2018 as a junior synonym. Neptunea. 15 (3): 1-11.
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

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Euspira fusca (Blainville, 1825). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140529

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Occurrence

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Managed

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Environment

marine

Importance

EPPO invasive plants:
listed This species is an invasive alien plant being managed in countries that are member of the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO)

This species is an invasive alien plant being managed in countries that are member of the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO)

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Last modified

2013-02-06 by Philippe Bouchet

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