MolluscaBase - Polinices (Euspira) Agassiz, 1837

ERMS name details

Polinices (Euspira) Agassiz, 1837

AphiaID

150550 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:150550)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded rank

Accepted name

Euspira Agassiz, 1837

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Polinices Montfort, 1810

Original name

Euspira Agassiz, 1837

Direct children (2)

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Species Polinices (Euspira) catena (da Costa, 1778) accepted as Euspira catena (da Costa, 1778)
Species Polinices (Euspira) pulchellus (Risso, 1826) accepted as Euspira nitida (Donovan, 1803)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Euspira Agassiz, 1837) Sowerby J.; Agassiz, L. (1837). Mineral-Conchologie Grossbrittaniens, von James Sowerby; deutsche Bearbeitung, herausgegeben von Hercules Nicolet, durchgesehen von Dr. Agassiz. <em>Neuchatel: H. Nicolet.</em> 52 pp., 21 pis.
page(s): 320; note: Right above AMPULLARIA acuta, in small font. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Polinices (Euspira) Agassiz, 1837. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=150550 on 2025-04-30

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Polinices (Euspira) Agassiz, 1837. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=150550 on 2025-04-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-04 14:40:54Z

created

Claus, Simon

2007-04-19 19:59:16Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2014-01-03 15:27:28Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2022-09-24 08:53:08Z

changed

Vos, Chris

2024-10-28 13:35:53Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

Licensing

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original description (of Euspira Agassiz, 1837) Sowerby J.; Agassiz, L. (1837). Mineral-Conchologie Grossbrittaniens, von James Sowerby; deutsche Bearbeitung, herausgegeben von Hercules Nicolet, durchgesehen von Dr. Agassiz. <em>Neuchatel: H. Nicolet.</em> 52 pp., 21 pis.
page(s): 320; note: Right above AMPULLARIA acuta, in small font. [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 RoR) [details] Available for editors

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Introduced: alien

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