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 nitida (Donovan, 1803)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Nerita Linnaeus, 1758

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 intermedia*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	junior homonym
*Euspira poliana*	(Delle Chiaje, 1826)	synonym
*Euspira pulchella*	(Risso, 1826)	synonym
*Lunatia alderi*	(Forbes, 1838)	synonym
*Lunatia nitida*	(Donovan, 1803)	synonym
*Lunatia poliana*	(Della Chiaje, 1826)	synonym
*Lunatia pulchella*	(Risso, 1826)	synonym
*Natica alderi*	Forbes, 1838	synonym
*Natica alderi var. elata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883	synonym
*Natica alderi var. globulosa*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883	synonym
*Natica alderi var. lactea*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Natica alderi var. subovalis*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Natica alderi var. ventricosa*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Natica complanata*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Natica neustriaca*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Natica nitida*	(Donovan, 1803)	synonym
*Natica parvula*	Tapparone Canefri, 1869	synonym; nom. inval.
*Natica poliana*	Delle Chiaje, 1826	synonym
*Natica pulchella*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Nerita poliana*	Delle Chiaje, 1830	synonym
*Polinices (Euspira) pulchellus*	(Risso, 1826)	synonym
*Polinices (Lunatia) poliana*	(Delle Chiaje, 1826)	synonym
*Polinices pulchella*	(Risso, 1826)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: glanzende tepelhoren sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: Alder's necklace shell; Alder's necklace snail; common necklace shell; Poli's necklace snail sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Alders Halsbandnabelschnecke; Glänzende Mondschnecke; Glänzende Nabelschnecke; Polis Halsbandnabelschnecke

Literature

basis of record	Huelsken T., Marek K., Schreiber S., Schmidt I. & Hollmann M. (2008). The Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Giglio Island (Tuscany, Italy): Shell characters, live animals, and a molecular analysis of egg masses. Zootaxa 1770: 1-40
additional source	de Bruyne, R.H.; Bank, R.A.; Adema, J.P.H.M.; Perk, F.A. (1994). Nederlandse naamlijst van de weekdieren (Mollusca) van Nederland en Belgie: feestuitgave ter gelegenheid van het zestig-jarig jubileum van de Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging [Dutch namelist of the Mollusca from the Netherlands and Belgium: festive edition at the occasion of the 60-year jubilee of the Dutch Malacological Society]. Backhuys Publishers: Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73348-33-1. 149 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Euspira nitida (Donovan, 1803). 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:151894