WoRMS taxon details

Euspira heros (Say, 1822)

160315  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160315)

accepted
Species
Lunatia heros (Say, 1822) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Natica heros Say, 1822 · unaccepted (original combination)
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]   
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. (2024). MolluscaBase. Euspira heros (Say, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160315 on 2024-03-28
Date
action
by
2005-05-31 07:34:34Z
created
2010-03-31 06:40:42Z
checked
2011-10-27 04:14:08Z
changed
2014-01-03 15:27:28Z
changed

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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). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 2me partie. Paris: published by the Author, 232 pp., 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  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
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]
LanguageName 
English sand collar moon snailnorthern moonsnailcommon northern moonsnailcommon northern moon snail [from synonym]  [details]
French natice de l'Atlantique [from synonym]héros [from synonym]  [details]
German Nördliche Mondschnecke  [details]