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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Naticoidea: Naticidae

Euspira nana (Möller, 1842)


Range: 63.79°N to 41°N; 52.44°W to 0°W
Depth: 40 to 210 m
Maximum Reported Size: 8  mm

Synonymy

Natica nana Möller, 1842
Polinices nana (Möller, 1842) 

Details


Natica nana Möller, 1842a, p. 80
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: [Southwest] Greenland
Range: 63.79°N to 41°N; 52.44°W to 0°W
Depth: 40 to 210 m
Maximum Reported Size: 8 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland; Canada: Newfoundland, Gulf of St. Lawrence
References: Posselt & Jensen (1899) NWM; Schiötte & Warén (1992) {cNWM}
Comments: Records from Florida are erroneous, see Natica pusilla; type species of Pseudopolinices, which is a synonym of Euspira (Kabat 1991).
Combining Genera:  Polinices


Partial List of References

Möller, H. P. C. 1842. Index molluscorum Groenlandiae Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift 4 76-97.

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