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Euspira pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
140536 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140536)
accepted
Species
Euspira canonica Dall, 1919 · unaccepted
Euspira politiana Dall, 1919 · unaccepted
Lunatia choshiensis Tiba, 1985 · unaccepted
Lunatia pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) · unaccepted
Natica borealis Gray, 1839 · unaccepted
Natica caurina A. Gould, 1847 · unaccepted (original combination)
Natica gouldii R. A. Philippi, 1845 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Natica groenlandica Møller, 1842 · unaccepted
Natica pallida Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Natica pusilla J. C. Jay, 1822 sensu A. Gould, 1841 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Neverita politiana (Dall, 1919) · unaccepted
Polinices groenlandica [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect gender ending)
Polinices groenlandicus (Møller, 1842) · unaccepted
Polinices pallidus (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
(of Natica pallida Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1829). Observations on new or interesting Mollusca contained, for the most part, in the Museum of the Zoological Society. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 4: 359-379, pl. 9. [January]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27485275
page(s): 372 [details]
page(s): 372 [details]
Type locality contained in Alaskan part of the Arctic Ocean
type locality contained in Alaskan part of the Arctic Ocean [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution Arctic seas to off North Carolina; Arctic seas to California
Distribution Arctic seas to off North Carolina; Arctic seas to California [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Euspira pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140536 on 2025-09-12
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original description
(of Natica pallida Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1829). Observations on new or interesting Mollusca contained, for the most part, in the Museum of the Zoological Society. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 4: 359-379, pl. 9. [January]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27485275
page(s): 372 [details]
original description (of Natica groenlandica Møller, 1842) Møller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(1): 76-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322910 [details]
original description (of Lunatia choshiensis Tiba, 1985) Tiba, R. (1985). Description of two new species of the family Naticidae. <em>Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tōkyō.</em> 2(2): 19-20, pl. 9-10.
note: generic name misspelled Lunatica [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Natica borealis Gray, 1839) Gray, J. E. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1839). Molluscous animals and their shells. Pp. 103-155, pls 33-34 [pp. 103-142 by J. E. Gray, 143-155 by G. B. Sowerby I]. In: <i>The zoology of Capt. Beechey's voyage, compiled from the collections on notes made by Captain Beechey, the officers and naturalist of the expedition during a voyage to the Pacific and Behring's straits in his Majesty's ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F. W. Beechey in the years 1825, 26, 27 and 28.</i> London pp. XII + 186 + 44 pl. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48931613 [details]
original description (of Natica pusilla J. C. Jay, 1822 sensu A. Gould, 1841) Gould, A.A. (1841). Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts, Comprising the Mollusca, Crustacea, Annelida, and Radiata. <em>Published Agreeably to an Order of the Legislature, by the Commissioners on the Zoological and Botanical Survey of the State. Folsom, Wells, and Thurston, Cambridge,.</em> xiii + 373 pp., 15 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/76081 [details]
original description (of Natica caurina A. Gould, 1847) Gould, A. A. (1847). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 196-198, 200-203, 204-208 [March]; 209, 210-212, 214-215, 222-224 [June]; 225, 237-239 [July]; 251-252 [December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490880
page(s): 239. [details]
original description (of Euspira politiana Dall, 1919) Dall, W. H. (1919). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean in the collection of the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 56 (2295): 293-371., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7766313
page(s): 353 [details]
original description (of Euspira canonica Dall, 1919) Dall, W. H. (1919). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean in the collection of the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 56 (2295): 293-371., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7766313
page(s): 353 [details]
original description (of Natica gouldii R. A. Philippi, 1845) Philippi, R. A. (1845). Bemerkungen über die Molluskenfauna von Massachusetts. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 2: 68-79., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291656
page(s): 77 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]
additional source McLean J.H. (1996). The Prosobranchia. In: Blake, J.A., & P.H. Scott (eds.), <i>Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 2 – The Gastropoda.</i> Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 9: 1-160., available online at https://books.google.fr/books?id=MMdJAQAAIAAJ [details]
additional source Zhang S.-P. [Suping]. (2016). <i>Fauna Sinica. Invertebrata 56. Mollusca: Gastropoda: Strombacea and Naticacea</i>. Beijing: Science Press. 317 pp., 10 pls. [details]
additional source Saito, H. (2017). Family Naticidae. Pp. 858-866, in: T. Okutani (ed.), <i>Marine Mollusks in Japan</i>, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp. [details]
additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 372 [details]
original description (of Natica groenlandica Møller, 1842) Møller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(1): 76-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322910 [details]
original description (of Lunatia choshiensis Tiba, 1985) Tiba, R. (1985). Description of two new species of the family Naticidae. <em>Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tōkyō.</em> 2(2): 19-20, pl. 9-10.
note: generic name misspelled Lunatica [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Natica borealis Gray, 1839) Gray, J. E. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1839). Molluscous animals and their shells. Pp. 103-155, pls 33-34 [pp. 103-142 by J. E. Gray, 143-155 by G. B. Sowerby I]. In: <i>The zoology of Capt. Beechey's voyage, compiled from the collections on notes made by Captain Beechey, the officers and naturalist of the expedition during a voyage to the Pacific and Behring's straits in his Majesty's ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F. W. Beechey in the years 1825, 26, 27 and 28.</i> London pp. XII + 186 + 44 pl. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48931613 [details]
original description (of Natica pusilla J. C. Jay, 1822 sensu A. Gould, 1841) Gould, A.A. (1841). Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts, Comprising the Mollusca, Crustacea, Annelida, and Radiata. <em>Published Agreeably to an Order of the Legislature, by the Commissioners on the Zoological and Botanical Survey of the State. Folsom, Wells, and Thurston, Cambridge,.</em> xiii + 373 pp., 15 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/76081 [details]
original description (of Natica caurina A. Gould, 1847) Gould, A. A. (1847). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 196-198, 200-203, 204-208 [March]; 209, 210-212, 214-215, 222-224 [June]; 225, 237-239 [July]; 251-252 [December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490880
page(s): 239. [details]
original description (of Euspira politiana Dall, 1919) Dall, W. H. (1919). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean in the collection of the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 56 (2295): 293-371., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7766313
page(s): 353 [details]
original description (of Euspira canonica Dall, 1919) Dall, W. H. (1919). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean in the collection of the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 56 (2295): 293-371., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7766313
page(s): 353 [details]
original description (of Natica gouldii R. A. Philippi, 1845) Philippi, R. A. (1845). Bemerkungen über die Molluskenfauna von Massachusetts. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 2: 68-79., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291656
page(s): 77 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]
additional source McLean J.H. (1996). The Prosobranchia. In: Blake, J.A., & P.H. Scott (eds.), <i>Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 2 – The Gastropoda.</i> Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 9: 1-160., available online at https://books.google.fr/books?id=MMdJAQAAIAAJ [details]
additional source Zhang S.-P. [Suping]. (2016). <i>Fauna Sinica. Invertebrata 56. Mollusca: Gastropoda: Strombacea and Naticacea</i>. Beijing: Science Press. 317 pp., 10 pls. [details]
additional source Saito, H. (2017). Family Naticidae. Pp. 858-866, in: T. Okutani (ed.), <i>Marine Mollusks in Japan</i>, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp. [details]
additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Dimensions maximum size of 30 to 45 mm [details]Distribution Arctic seas to off North Carolina; Arctic seas to California [details]
Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | bleg boresnegl | [details] |
| English | pale moonsnail | [details] |
| French | lunatie du Groenland | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Lunatia pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829))
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (131 publications) (from synonym Natica pusilla J. C. Jay, 1822 sensu A. Gould, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications) (from synonym Natica borealis Gray, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (49 publications) (from synonym Lunatia pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (65 publications) (from synonym Natica groenlandica Møller, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (68 publications) (from synonym Natica pallida Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Lunatia choshiensis Tiba, 1985)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Euspira pallida)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Natica pallida Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Lunatia pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Lunatia pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829))
To Malacopics (Euspira pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) East China Sea, by trawling, at 150 m depth, collected 2016-05, ex coll. A.F. de Jong .)
To Malacopics (Euspira pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) North Sea, Dogger Bank, ex coll. W.F.A. Guilonard .)
To Malacopics (Euspira pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) Russian Federation, Sakha, Laptev Sea, Olenyok Gulf, Poluostrov Terpyay-Tumsa, by scientific vessel, collected 2014-07-00, ex coll. A...
To Malacopics (Euspira pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829))
To PESI (from synonym Natica pallida Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Lunatia pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829))
To PESI (from synonym Natica groenlandica Møller, 1842)
To PESI (from synonym Polinices pallidus (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829))
To PESI (from synonym Natica borealis Gray, 1839)
To PESI (from synonym Natica pusilla J. C. Jay, 1822 sensu A. Gould, 1841)
To PESI (from synonym Natica caurina A. Gould, 1847)
To PESI (from synonym Euspira canonica Dall, 1919)
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits) (from synonym Lunatia pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829))
To The Arctic Traits Database (19 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Lunatia pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Polinices pallidus (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829))
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (131 publications) (from synonym Natica pusilla J. C. Jay, 1822 sensu A. Gould, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications) (from synonym Natica borealis Gray, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (49 publications) (from synonym Lunatia pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (65 publications) (from synonym Natica groenlandica Møller, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (68 publications) (from synonym Natica pallida Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Lunatia choshiensis Tiba, 1985)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Euspira pallida)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Natica pallida Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Lunatia pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Lunatia pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829))
To Malacopics (Euspira pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) East China Sea, by trawling, at 150 m depth, collected 2016-05, ex coll. A.F. de Jong .)
To Malacopics (Euspira pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) North Sea, Dogger Bank, ex coll. W.F.A. Guilonard .)
To Malacopics (Euspira pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) Russian Federation, Sakha, Laptev Sea, Olenyok Gulf, Poluostrov Terpyay-Tumsa, by scientific vessel, collected 2014-07-00, ex coll. A...
To Malacopics (Euspira pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829))
To PESI (from synonym Natica pallida Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Lunatia pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829))
To PESI (from synonym Natica groenlandica Møller, 1842)
To PESI (from synonym Polinices pallidus (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829))
To PESI (from synonym Natica borealis Gray, 1839)
To PESI (from synonym Natica pusilla J. C. Jay, 1822 sensu A. Gould, 1841)
To PESI (from synonym Natica caurina A. Gould, 1847)
To PESI (from synonym Euspira canonica Dall, 1919)
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits) (from synonym Lunatia pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829))
To The Arctic Traits Database (19 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Lunatia pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Polinices pallidus (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829))
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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