Euspira Temporal range: Triassic - Recent |
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Euspira catena | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Naticoidea |
Family: | Naticidae |
Genus: |
Euspira Agassiz, 1838 |
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Euspira is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
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.
Species within the genus Euspira include: