North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Euspira macilenta (R. A. Philippi, 1844)

Euspira macilenta (Philippi, 1844)
Specimen from Barbate, Spain (actual size 12.5 mm).

AphiaID

140532 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140532)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Euspira Agassiz, 1837

Original name

Natica macilenta R. A. Philippi, 1844

Synonymised names

Lunatia macilenta (R. A. Philippi, 1844) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Natica macilenta R. A. Philippi, 1844 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Polinices macilenta (R. A. Philippi, 1844) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Natica macilenta R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1844). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2. Halle [Halis Saxorum]: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936062 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Euspira macilenta (R. A. Philippi, 1844). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140532 on 2026-07-02

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Euspira macilenta (R. A. Philippi, 1844). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=140532 on 2026-07-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2011-10-28 04:11:36Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2012-07-19 07:04:58Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2023-02-28 12:49:09Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

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original description (of Natica macilenta R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1844). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2. Halle [Halis Saxorum]: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936062 [details]

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., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source 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, available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1770.1.1 [details]