MolluscaBase - Polinices (Lunatia) Gray, 1847

NSBS 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

Parent

Polinices Montfort, 1810

Original name

Lunatia J. E. Gray, 1847

Direct children (3)

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Species Polinices (Lunatia) catena (da Costa, 1778) accepted as Euspira catena (da Costa, 1778)
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)

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: Craeymeersh J., P. Kingston, E. Rachor, G. Duineveld, C. Heip., E. Vanden Berghe (1986) North Sea Benthos Survey (NSBS) at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/nsbs/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=150547 on 2024-11-19

Thematic species database citation

Craeymeersh J., P. Kingston, E. Rachor, G. Duineveld, C. Heip., E. Vanden Berghe (1986). North Sea Benthos Survey (NSBS). Polinices (Lunatia) Gray, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/nsbs/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=150547 on 2024-11-19

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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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

Unreviewed

Euspira heros - moon snail (large)

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Euspira heros - juvenile moon snails

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Moon snail

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