Euspira pallida

Euspira pallida
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Euspira
Species:	E. pallida
Binomial name
Euspira pallida (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829)
Synonyms
Euspira canonica Dall, 1919 Euspira politiana Dall, 1919 Lunatia choshiensis Tiba, 1985 Lunatia pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) Natica borealis Gray, 1839 Natica caurina Gould, 1847 Natica gouldii Philippi, 1845 Natica groenlandica Möller, 1842 Natica pallida Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829 (original combination) Natica pusilla Gould, 1841 Neverita politiana (Dall, 1919) Polinices (Lunatia) pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) Polinices groenlandica [sic] (incorrect gender ending) Polinices groenlandicus (Möller, 1842) Polinices pallidus (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829)

Euspira pallida is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.^[1]

The maximum recorded shell length is 42 mm.^[2]

This marine species occurs in European waters, the North Sea, the North Atlantic Ocean (from the Arctic Sea to North Carolina) and the Beaufort Sea

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 2480 m.^[2]

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