# Euspira

Euspira is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

## Fossil reports

This genus is known in the fossil records from the Triassic to the Quaternary (age range: from 242.0 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils are found in the marine strata throughout the world. There are about 25 extinct species.

## Species

Species within the genus Euspira include:
* Euspira abyssicola (E. A. Smith, 1896)
* Euspira agujana (Dall, W.H., 1908)
* Euspira blaizensis (Kilburn, 1976)
* Euspira borshengjungi K.-Y. Lai, 2017
* Euspira catena (Costa, E.M. da, 1778)
* Euspira crawfordiana (Dall, 1908)
* † Euspira elegans (Suter, 1917)
* † Euspira eyrensis Finlay, 1927
* Euspira fringilla (Dall, 1881)
* Euspira fusca (Blainville, H.M.D. de, 1825)
* † Euspira fyfei (Marwick, 1924)
* Euspira gilva (Philippi, 1851)
* † Euspira glaucinoides (J. Sowerby, 1812)
* Euspira grossularia (Marche-Marchad, I., 1957)
* Euspira guilleminii (Payraudeau, 1826)
* † Euspira helicina (Brocchi, 1814)
* Euspira heros (Say, T., 1822)
* † Euspira ilhagwilensis Pacaud, 2016
* Euspira intricata (Donovan, 1804)
* † Euspira lateaperta (Marwick, 1924)
* Euspira lemaitrei (Kilburn, 1976)
* Euspira levicula (A. E. Verrill, 1880)
* Euspira levis (E. A. Smith, 1896)
* Euspira litorina (Dall, 1908)
* Euspira macilenta (Philippi, 1844)
* Euspira massieri Petuch & Berschauer, 2018
* Euspira montagui (Forbes, E., 1838)
* Euspira monterona Dall, 1919
* Euspira napus (Smith, E.A., 1904)
* Euspira nitida (Donovan, E., 1804)
* Euspira notabilis Jeffreys, 1885
* Euspira nubila (Dall, 1889)
* Euspira nux (Okutani, 1964)
* Euspira obtusa (Jeffreys, 1885)
* Euspira pallida (Broderip, W.J. & G.B. I Sowerby, 1829)
* Euspira pardoana (Dall, 1908)
* Euspira phaeocephala (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896)
* Euspira pila (Pilsbry, H.A., 1911)
* Euspira plicispira (Kuroda, T., 1961)
* Euspira presubplicata (Bouchet & Warén, 1993)
* Euspira sagamiensis Kuroda & Habe, 1971
* Euspira strebeli (Dall, 1908)
* Euspira subplicata (Jeffreys, 1885)
* Euspira talismani Bouchet & Warén, 1993
* Euspira tenuis (Récluz, 1851)
* Euspira tenuistriata (Dautzenberg, Ph. & H. Fischer, 1911)
* Euspira triseriata (Say, T., 1826)
* † Euspira varians (Dujardin, 1837)
* Euspira yokoyamai (Kuroda & Habe, 1952)

### Species brought into synonymy

* Euspira acosmita Dall, 1919: synonym of Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791)
* Euspira bahamensis Dall, 1925: synonym of Sigatica semisulcata (Gray, 1839)
* Euspira canonica Dall, 1919: synonym of Euspira pallida (Broderip & G.B. Sowerby I, 1829)
* Euspira draconis (Dall, 1903): synonym of Glossaulax draconis (Dall, 1903)
* Euspira falklandica (Preston, 1913): synonym of Falsilunatia falklandica (Preston, 1913)
* Euspira fortunei (Reeve, 1855): synonym of Laguncula pulchella Benson, 1842
* Euspira immaculata (Totten, 1835): synonym of Polinices immaculatus (Totten, 1835)
* Euspira lewisii (Gould, 1847): synonym of Lunatia lewisii (Gould, 1847)
* Euspira nana (Møller, 1842): synonym of Pseudopolinices nanus (Møller, 1842)
* Euspira patagonica (Philippi, 1845): synonym of Falsilunatia patagonica (Philippi, 1845)
* Euspira poliana (delle Chiaje, 1830): synonym of Euspira pulchella (Risso, 1826)
* Euspira politiana Dall, 1919: synonym of Lunatia pallida (Broderip & G.B. Sowerby I, 1829)
* Euspira pulchella (Risso, 1826): synonym of Euspira nitida (Donovan, 1804)
* Euspira rouxi (Nicklès, 1952): synonym of Natica rouxi Nicklès, 1952
* Euspira sandwichensis (Dall, 1895): synonym of Natica sandwichensis (Dall, 1895)
* Euspira venusta Suter, 1907: synonym of Globisinum venustum (Suter, 1907)