North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS name details

Polinices (Lunatia) Gray, 1847

AphiaID

150547 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:150547)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted Name

Euspira Agassiz, 1837

Rank

Subgenus

Typetaxon

Natica ampullaria Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Euspira heros (Say, 1822) (type by original designation)

Parent

Polinices Montfort, 1810

Orig. name

Lunatia J. E. Gray, 1847

Direct children (5)

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Species Polinices (Lunatia) catena (da Costa, 1778) accepted as Euspira catena (da Costa, 1778)
Species Polinices (Lunatia) fusca (Blainville, 1825) accepted as Euspira fusca (Blainville, 1825)
Species Polinices (Lunatia) montagui (Forbes, 1838) accepted as Euspira montagui (Forbes, 1838)
Species Polinices (Lunatia) poliana (Delle Chiaje, 1826) accepted as Euspira nitida (Donovan, 1803)
Species Polinices (Lunatia) sordida (R. A. Philippi, 1844) accepted as Euspira fusca (Blainville, 1825)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Lunatia J. E. Gray, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 149 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Polinices (Lunatia) Gray, 1847. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=150547 on 2024-04-18

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024). European Register of Marine Species. Polinices (Lunatia) Gray, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=150547 on 2024-04-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-04 14:40:54Z

created

Claus, Simon

2007-04-19 16:06:49Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2022-11-29 07:10:56Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2022-12-05 08:43:17Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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Images (4)

original description (of Lunatia J. E. Gray, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 149 [details]

basis of record Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

From other sources

Euspira heros - moon snail (large)

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Euspira heros

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Euspira heros - juvenile moon snails

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Moon snail

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