| Euspira levicula | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Genus: | Euspira |
| Species: | E. levicula |
| Binomial name | |
| Euspira levicula (A. E. Verrill, 1880) | |
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Euspira levicula is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 32 mm.
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 50 m. Maximum recorded depth is 183 m.
References
- ^ Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Euspira levicula (A. E. Verrill, 1880). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160319 on 2015-06-21
- ^ Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
- Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.
- Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Lunatia levicula | |
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