Deep-Sea taxon details
Euspira pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
140536 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140536)
accepted
Species
Lunatia pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) · unaccepted
Polinices pallidus (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
(of ) 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]
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 through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140536 on 2026-09-06
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Euspira pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140536 on 2026-09-06
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(of ) 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]
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 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 Rosenberg, G. (2004). Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20250405073114/http://www.malacolog.org/ [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]
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]
page(s): 372 [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 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 Rosenberg, G. (2004). Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20250405073114/http://www.malacolog.org/ [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]
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]
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 Northern moon snail pale moonsnail | [details] |
| French | lunatie du Groenland | [details] |
| German | Helle Nördliche MondschneckeBlasse Mondschnecke | [details] |
| Japanese | ウスイロタマツメタ | [details] |
| Russian | Лунация бледная | [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 (49 publications) (from synonym Lunatia pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Euspira pallida)
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 ...
To Malacopics (Euspira pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) Netherlands, Zeeland, off Ellewo...
To Malacopics (Euspira pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) North Sea, Dogger Bank, ex coll....
To Malacopics (Euspira pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) Russian Federation, Sakha, Lapte...
To PESI (from synonym Lunatia pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Polinices pallidus (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829))
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 (49 publications) (from synonym Lunatia pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Euspira pallida)
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 ...
To Malacopics (Euspira pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) Netherlands, Zeeland, off Ellewo...
To Malacopics (Euspira pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) North Sea, Dogger Bank, ex coll....
To Malacopics (Euspira pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) Russian Federation, Sakha, Lapte...
To PESI (from synonym Lunatia pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Polinices pallidus (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829))
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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