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

Euspira Agassiz, 1837

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*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

Children

Euspira catena (da Costa, 1778)
Euspira fusca (Blainville, 1825)
Euspira grossularia (Marche-Marchad, 1957)
Euspira guilleminii (Payraudeau, 1826)
Euspira intricata (Donovan, 1804)
Euspira macilenta (R. A. Philippi, 1844)
Euspira montagui (Forbes, 1838)
Euspira nitida (Donovan, 1803)
Euspira notabilis (Jeffreys, 1885)
Euspira obtusa (Jeffreys, 1885)
Euspira pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
Euspira phaeocephala (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
Euspira presubplicata (Bouchet & Warén, 1993)
Euspira subplicata (Jeffreys, 1885)
Euspira tenuistriata (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1911)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

French: lunaties

Literature

original description	Sowerby J.; Agassiz, L. (1837). Mineral-Conchologie Grossbrittaniens, von James Sowerby; deutsche Bearbeitung, herausgegeben von Hercules Nicolet, durchgesehen von Dr. Agassiz. Neuchatel: H. Nicolet. 52 pp., 21 pis.
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.
status source	Kabat A. R. (1991). The classification of the Naticidae (Mollusca Gastropoda). Review and analysis of the supraspecific taxa. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 152: 417-449
status 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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Euspira Agassiz, 1837. 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:138239