Euspira
Introduction '''''Euspira''''' is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polinicinae  of the  family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Fossil reports This genus is known in the fossil records from the Triassic to the Quaternary (age range: from 242.0 to 0.0  million years ago). Fossils are found in the marine strata throughout the world. There are about 25 extinct species.Fossil shell of ''Euspira catena'' from Pliocene of Italy
Species Species within the genus ''Euspira'' include: * ''Euspira abyssicola'' (E. A. Smith, 1896)* ''Euspira agujana'' (Dall, W.H., 1908)* ''Euspira blaizensis'' (Kilburn, 1976)* ''Euspira borshengjungi'' K.-Y. Lai, 2017* ''Euspira catena'' (Costa, E.M. da, 1778)* ''Euspira crawfordiana'' (Dall, 1908)* † ''Euspira elegans'' (Suter, 1917)* † ''Euspira eyrensis'' Finlay, 1927 * ''Euspira fringilla'' (Dall, 1881)* ''Euspira fusca'' (Blainville, H.M.D. de, 1825)* † ''Euspira fyfei'' (Marwick, 1924)* ''Euspira gilva'' (Philippi, 1851)* † ''Euspira glaucinoides'' (J. Sowerby, 1812) * ''Euspira grossularia'' (Marche-Marchad, I., 1957)* ''Euspira guilleminii'' (Payraudeau, 1826)* † ''Euspira helicina'' (Brocchi, 1814) * ''Euspira heros'' (Say, T., 1822)* † ''Euspira ilhagwilensis'' Pacaud, 2016 * ''Euspira intricata'' (Donovan, 1804)* † ''Euspira lateaperta'' (Marwick, 1924)* ''Euspira lemaitrei'' (Kilburn, 1976)* ''Euspira levicula'' (A. E. Verrill, 1880)* ''Euspira levis'' (E. A. Smith, 1896)* ''Euspira litorina'' (Dall, 1908)* ''Euspira macilenta'' (Philippi, 1844)* ''Euspira massieri'' Petuch & Berschauer, 2018* ''Euspira montagui'' (Forbes, E., 1838)* ''Euspira monterona'' Dall, 1919* ''Euspira napus'' (Smith, E.A., 1904)* ''Euspira nitida'' (Donovan, E., 1804)* ''Euspira notabilis'' Jeffreys, 1885* ''Euspira nubila'' (Dall, 1889)* ''Euspira nux'' (Okutani, 1964)* ''Euspira obtusa'' (Jeffreys, 1885)* ''Euspira pallida'' (Broderip, W.J. & G.B. I Sowerby, 1829)* ''Euspira pardoana'' (Dall, 1908)* ''Euspira phaeocephala'' (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896)* ''Euspira pila'' (Pilsbry, H.A., 1911)* ''Euspira plicispira'' (Kuroda, T., 1961)* ''Euspira presubplicata'' (Bouchet & Warén, 1993)* ''Euspira sagamiensis'' Kuroda & Habe, 1971* ''Euspira strebeli'' (Dall, 1908)* ''Euspira subplicata'' (Jeffreys, 1885)* ''Euspira talismani'' Bouchet & Warén, 1993* ''Euspira tenuis'' (Récluz, 1851)* ''Euspira tenuistriata'' (Dautzenberg, Ph. & H. Fischer, 1911)* ''Euspira triseriata'' (Say, T., 1826)* † ''Euspira varians'' (Dujardin, 1837) * ''Euspira yokoyamai'' (Kuroda & Habe, 1952);Species brought into synonymy:* ''Euspira acosmita'' Dall, 1919: synonym of ''Cryptonatica affinis'' (Gmelin, 1791)* ''Euspira bahamensis'' Dall, 1925: synonym of ''Sigatica semisulcata'' (Gray, 1839)* ''Euspira canonica'' Dall, 1919: synonym of ''Euspira pallida'' (Broderip & G.B. Sowerby I, 1829)* ''Euspira draconis'' (Dall, 1903): synonym of ''Glossaulax draconis'' (Dall, 1903)* ''Euspira falklandica'' (Preston, 1913): synonym of ''Falsilunatia falklandica'' (Preston, 1913)* ''Euspira fortunei'' (Reeve, 1855): synonym of ''Laguncula pulchella'' Benson, 1842* ''Euspira immaculata'' (Totten, 1835): synonym of ''Polinices immaculatus'' (Totten, 1835)* ''Euspira lewisii'' (Gould, 1847): synonym of ''Lunatia lewisii'' (Gould, 1847)* ''Euspira nana'' (Møller, 1842): synonym of ''Pseudopolinices nanus'' (Møller, 1842)* ''Euspira patagonica'' (Philippi, 1845): synonym of ''Falsilunatia patagonica'' (Philippi, 1845)* ''Euspira poliana'' (delle Chiaje, 1830): synonym of ''Euspira pulchella'' (Risso, 1826)* ''Euspira politiana'' Dall, 1919: synonym of ''Lunatia pallida'' (Broderip & G.B. Sowerby I, 1829)* ''Euspira pulchella'' (Risso, 1826): synonym of ''Euspira nitida'' (Donovan, 1804)* ''Euspira rouxi'' (Nicklès, 1952): synonym of ''Natica rouxi'' Nicklès, 1952* ''Euspira sandwichensis'' (Dall, 1895): synonym of ''Natica sandwichensis'' (Dall, 1895)* ''Euspira venusta'' Suter, 1907: synonym of ''Globisinum venustum'' (Suter, 1907)
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External links *  Kabat A. R. (1991). ''The classification of the Naticidae (Mollusca Gastropoda). Review and analysis of the supraspecific taxa.'' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 152: 417-449*  Huelsken T., Tapken D., Dahlmann T., Wägele H., Riginos C. & Hollmann M. (2012) ''Systematics and phylogenetic species delimitation within Polinices s.l. (Caenogastropoda: Naticidae) based on molecular data and shell morphology''. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 12: 349-375