Euspira catena

Euspira catena
Temporal range: Miocene - Recent
Shells of Euspira catena
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Euspira
Species:
E. catena
Binomial name
Euspira catena
(da Costa, 1778) [1]
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Lunatia catena (da Costa, 1778)
  • Lunatia catena da Costa, 1778
  • Lunatia monilifera Lamarck, 1822
  • Natica castanea Lamarck, 1822
  • Natica catena da Costa, 1778
  • Natica monilifera Lamarck, 1822
  • Polinices catena da Costa, 1778
  • Polinices monilifera Lamarck, 1822
  • Polinices (Euspira) catena (Da Costa, 1778)
  • Polinices (Lunatia) catena (da Costa, 1778)
  • Polinices (Lunatia) monilifera (Lamarck, 1822)

Euspira catena, previously known as Natica catena, common name the large necklace shell, is a medium-sized species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[3]

  1. ^ Da Costa E. M. (1778). Historia Naturalis Testaceorum Britanniae. London: Millan, White, Elmsley & Robson XII + 254 + VIII p., 17 pl.
  2. ^ "Necklace shell - Euspira catena". Marine Life Information Network.
  3. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Lunatia catena (da Costa, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=150590 on 2012-08-15