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

Euspira obtusa (Jeffreys, 1885)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Natica Scopoli, 1777

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Euspira*	Agassiz, 1837	accepted genus name
*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

Species group names

*Neverita obtusa*	(Jeffreys, 1885)	synonym
*Neverita pilula*	Locard, 1897	synonym
*Polinices obtusa*	(Jeffreys, 1885)	synonym

Literature

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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Euspira obtusa (Jeffreys, 1885). 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:140535