Euspira guilleminii

Euspira guilleminii
	Shell of Euspira guilleminii (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Naticoidea
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Euspira
Species:	E. guilleminii
Binomial name
	Euspira guilleminii; (Payraudeau, 1826)
Synonyms
	Lunatia guilleminii (Payraudeau, 1826); Natica guilleminii Payraudeau, 1826 (original combination); Natica marmorata Risso, 1826; Polinices guilleminii (Payraudeau, 1826);

Euspira guilleminii is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.^[1]

Description[edit]

The length of the shell attains 8.3 mm.

Euspira guilleminii feeds on mobile prey.^[1]

Euspira guilleminii is found in the Aegean Sea, the Black Sea, the Sea of Marmara, and the eastern basin of the Mediterranean Sea. ^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Euspira guillemini (Payraudeau, 1826). Gofas, S. (2009). Euspira guillemini (Payraudeau, 1826). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140531 on 17 June 2010 .

Arnaud, P. M., 1978. Révision des taxa malacologiques méditerrannéens introduits par Antoine Risso. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice "1977"5: 101-150
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.
Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011). Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum. 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls

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