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 montagui (Forbes, 1838)

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

*Nerita rufa*	Montagu, 1808	junior homonym
*Lunatia montagui*	(Forbes, 1838)	synonym
*Natica montacuti*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Natica montacuti var. albula*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Natica montacuti var. conica*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Natica rutila*	MacGillivray, 1843	synonym
*Natica squalida*	MacGillivray, 1843	synonym
*Polinices (Lunatia) montagui*	(Forbes, 1838)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: montagus boresnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: unspotted moonsnail 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: Ungefleckte Mondschnecke; Ungefleckte Nabelschnecke 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.

Japanese: モンターギュタマ

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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Euspira montagui (Forbes, 1838). 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:140533

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Environment

marine

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

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2014-01-03 by Serge Gofas

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