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

Euspira montagui (Forbes, 1838)

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

Natica montagui Forbes, 1838 basionym
Nerita rufa Montagu, 1808 later 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 montagui Forbes, 1838 synonym
Natica rutila MacGillivray, 1843 synonym
Natica squalida MacGillivray, 1843 synonym
Nerita rufa Montagu, 1808 synonym
Polinices (Lunatia) montagui (Forbes, 1838) synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Danish: montagus boresnegl

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

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Taxonomy

CLEMAM
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External Links

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Citation

Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Euspira montagui (Forbes, 1838). 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:140533

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

CITES:
appendix 2 This species is listed on the CITES Appendix II which means it is not necessarily now threatened with extinction but that may become so unless trade is closely controlled. International trade in specimens species may be authorized by the granting of an export permit or re-export certificate.
IUCN:
Red List status VU 2005This species is vulnerable and is considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
OSPAR:
annex All This species is threatened and/or declining in the entire North-East Atlantic according to the OSPAR Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic.

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2014-01-03 by Serge Gofas

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