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

*Euspira*	Agassiz in J. Sowerby, 1837	accepted 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

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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

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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.

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 2005 This 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

This 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.

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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