MolluscaBase taxon details
Euspira heros (Say, 1822)
160315 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160315)
accepted
Species
Lunatia heros (Say, 1822) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Natica ampullaria Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted
Natica heros Say, 1822 · unaccepted (original combination)
Natica pomum R. A. Philippi, 1853 · unaccepted
Polinices heros (Say, 1822) · unaccepted
marine
(of Natica heros Say, 1822) Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 248 [details]
page(s): 248 [details]
Distribution Range: 51.5°N to 33°N; 76°W to 65°W. Distribution: Canada; Canada: Labrador, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec, Nova Scotia,...
Distribution Range: 51.5°N to 33°N; 76°W to 65°W. Distribution: Canada; Canada: Labrador, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick; USA: Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Euspira heros (Say, 1822). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160315 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Natica heros Say, 1822) Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 248 [details]
original description (of Natica ampullaria Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 2me partie, 232 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13181853
page(s): 199 [details]
original description (of Natica pomum R. A. Philippi, 1853) Philippi, R. A. (1853). Descriptiones naticarum quarandam novarum ex collection Cumingiana. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 19(233): 233–234 ('1851', published 26 July 1853)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680495
page(s): 234 [details]
page(s): 248 [details]
original description (of Natica ampullaria Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 2me partie, 232 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13181853
page(s): 199 [details]
original description (of Natica pomum R. A. Philippi, 1853) Philippi, R. A. (1853). Descriptiones naticarum quarandam novarum ex collection Cumingiana. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 19(233): 233–234 ('1851', published 26 July 1853)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680495
page(s): 234 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Range: 51.5°N to 33°N; 76°W to 65°W. Distribution: Canada; Canada: Labrador, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick; USA: Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina [details]Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | common northern moon snail [from synonym] | [details] |
| French | natice de l'Atlantique [from synonym]héros [from synonym] | [details] |
To Malacopics (Euspira heros (Say, 1822) United States, Massachusetts, Essex County, Lynn Beach, collected 1975-11-00, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 031988)
To ITIS
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 031988)
To ITIS
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