(da Costa, 1778)

Description (shell):
Shell similar to Euspira pulchella. Spire more elevated, with stepped profile and well-defined sutures. Outer lip arises almost at right angles to last whorl; umbilicus deep, round, occlusion by inner lip very slight (E. catena-drawing).

Size:
Up to 30 x 30 mm.

Colour:
Buff, lighter basally and on inner lip, with subsutural row of reddish-brown marks (E. catena). Younger shells may have additional, but very faint rows of marks on last whorl.

Animal:
As in Euspira pulchella .

Habitat:
On sand; LWST to 125 m.

Distribution:
Distributed from Mediterranean to Skagerrak (Distr. E. catena).

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Subclass Prosobranchia
Superorder Caenogastropoda
Order Neotaenioglossa
Family Naticidae
Genus Euspira
Species Euspira catena

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Euspira catena (da Costa, 1778)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Cochlea catena da Costa, 1778
Nerita helicina Brocchi, 1814
Natica monilifera Lamarck, 1822
Natica castanea Lamarck, 1822
Natica ampullaria Lamarck, 1822
Natica catena var. conico-ovalis Jeffreys, 1867
Natica catenata Locard, 1892
Nerita canrena sensu Turton, 1819 non Linné, 1767
Polinices catena
Lunatia catena

Hayward, P.J., Wigham, G.D. & N. Yonow, 1990. Mollusca I: Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, and Gastropoda. In: The Marine Fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe. (ed. P.J. Hayward & J.S. Ryland). Clarendon Press, Oxford: 628-730.

Seaward, D.R., 1990. Distribution of the marine molluscs of north west Europe. Nature Conservancy Council.

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