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Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae moon snails

Genus: Euspira

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17 species (see list below)
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Euspira catena
[Chained moon-shell]
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Max. Length 3.6 cm DL
 
Euspira falklandica
[]
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Euspira fusca
[]
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Euspira grossularia
[]
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Euspira guilleminii
[]
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Max. Length 11.5 cm DL
 
Euspira heros
[Northern moonsnail]
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Max. Length 1 cm DL
 
Euspira immaculata
[Immaculate moonsnail]
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Max. Length 3.2 cm DL
 
Euspira levicula
[Lightweight moonsnail]
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Euspira macilenta
[]
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Euspira montagui
[]

Duncan, Peter

Northeast Atlantic and th

Euspira nitida(Donovan, 1804)

Photo by Duncan, Peter
 
Euspira nitida
[Alder's natica]

Miller, Todd

Arctic, Northern Atlantic
Max. Length 4.2 cm DL
Euspira pallida(Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829)

Photo by Miller, Todd
 
Euspira pallida
[Pale moonsnail]
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Max. Length 1.1 cm OT
 
Euspira radiata
[]
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Max. Length 1.5 cm DL
 
Euspira strebeli
[]
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Max. Length 2.4 cm DL
 
Euspira tenuis
[Thin moonsnail]
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Max. Length 1.9 cm DL
 
Euspira tenuistriata
[]
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Max. Length 3.3 cm DL
 
Euspira triseriata
[Spotted moonsnail]


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