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

Euspira nitida (Donovan, 1804)

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

*Nerita nitida*	Donovan, 1804	basionym
*Natica intermedia*	Philippi, 1836	later homonym; nom. inval.
*Euspira pulchella*	(Risso, 1826)	synonym
*Lunatia poliana*	(Della Chiaje, 1826)	synonym
*Natica alderi*	Forbes, 1838	synonym
*Natica alderi var. elata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883	synonym
*Natica alderi var. globulosa*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883	synonym
*Natica alderi var. lactea*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Natica alderi var. subovalis*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Natica alderi var. ventricosa*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Natica complanata*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Natica intermedia*	Philippi, 1836	synonym; nom. inval.
*Natica neustriaca*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Natica parvula*	Tapparone-Canefri, 1869	synonym
*Natica pulchella*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Nerita nitida*	Donovan, 1804	synonym
*Nerita poliana*	Delle Chiaje, 1830	synonym
*Polinices (Euspira) pulchellus*	(Risso, 1826)	synonym
*Polinices (Lunatia) poliana*	(Delle Chiaje, 1826)	synonym
*Polinices pulchella*	(Risso, 1826)	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Huelsken T., Marek K., Schreiber S., Schmidt I. & Hollmann M. (2008). The Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Giglio Island (Tuscany, Italy): Shell characters, live animals, and a molecular analysis of egg masses. Zootaxa 1770: 1-40
additional source	de Bruyne, R.H.; Bank, R.A.; Adema, J.P.H.M.; Perk, F.A. (1994). Nederlandse naamlijst van de weekdieren (Mollusca) van Nederland en Belgie: feestuitgave ter gelegenheid van het zestig-jarig jubileum van de Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging [Dutch namelist of the Mollusca from the Netherlands and Belgium: festive edition at the occasion of the 60-year jubilee of the Dutch Malacological Society]. Backhuys Publishers: Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73348-33-1. 149 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
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Citation

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Euspira nitida (Donovan, 1804). 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:151894