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

Euspira catena (da Costa, 1778)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

Cochlea catena da Costa, 1778 synonym
Lunatia catena (da Costa, 1778) synonym
Natica castanea Lamarck, 1822 synonym
Natica catena (da Costa, 1778) synonym
Natica catena var. conico-ovalis Jeffreys, 1867 synonym
Natica catenata Locard, 1886 synonym
Natica monilifera Lamarck, 1822 synonym
Nerita helicina Brocchi, 1814 synonym
Polinices (Euspira) catena (da Costa, 1778) synonym
Polinices (Lunatia) catena (da Costa, 1778) synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Danish: stor boresnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: gewone tepelhoren; tepelhoren sources: 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.
 English: large necklace-shell; moon snail; necklace shell sources: Strandvondsten van Gravelines tot Nieuwpoort. Ecogids Tjiftjaf;Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.;Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.
 French: grande natice; natice; natice porte-chaine sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.;Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.
 German: grosse Nabelschnecke; Halsband-Mondschnecke; Halsbandnabelschnecke sources: Strandvondsten van Gravelines tot Nieuwpoort. Ecogids Tjiftjaf;Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.;Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.
 Greek: Καδενοφέγγαρο

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.

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Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
Barcode of Life
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Euspira catena (da Costa, 1778). 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:140528

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Occurrence

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Environment


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Importance

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2013-02-06 by Philippe Bouchet

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