WoRMS name details
Lunatia J. E. Gray, 1847
150577 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:150577)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Natica ampullaria Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Euspira heros (Say, 1822) (type by original designation)
- Subgenus Lunatia (Acrybia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Bulbus T. Brown, 1839 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Lunatia (Gyrodes) Conrad, 1860 † accepted as Gyrodes Conrad, 1860 † (unaccepted combination)
- Species Lunatia (Gyrodes) conradiana Gabb, 1864 † accepted as Natica conradiana (Gabb, 1864) † (basionym)
- Species Lunatia abyssicola (E. A. Smith, 1896) accepted as Euspira abyssicola (E. A. Smith, 1896)
- Species Lunatia agujana (Dall, 1908) accepted as Euspira agujana (Dall, 1908) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Lunatia alderi (Forbes, 1838) accepted as Euspira nitida (Donovan, 1803) (synonym)
- Species Lunatia australis F. W. Hutton, 1878 accepted as Proxiuber australe (F. W. Hutton, 1878) (superseded combination)
- Species Lunatia bransfieldensis Preston, 1916 accepted as Amauropsis bransfieldensis (Preston, 1916) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Lunatia catena (da Costa, 1778) accepted as Euspira catena (da Costa, 1778)
- Species Lunatia choshiensis Tiba, 1985 accepted as Euspira pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
- Species Lunatia crawfordiana (Dall, 1908) accepted as Euspira crawfordiana (Dall, 1908)
- Species Lunatia draconis Dall, 1903 accepted as Glossaulax draconis (Dall, 1903) (original combination)
- Species Lunatia fortuni [sic] (Reeve, 1855) accepted as Lunatia gilva (R. A. Philippi, 1851) accepted as Euspira gilva (R. A. Philippi, 1851)
- Species Lunatia fringilla (Dall, 1881) accepted as Euspira fringilla (Dall, 1881)
- Species Lunatia fusca (Blainville, 1825) accepted as Euspira fusca (Blainville, 1825)
- Species Lunatia fyfei (Marwick, 1924) † accepted as Euspira fyfei (Marwick, 1924) † (superseded combination)
- Species Lunatia gilva (R. A. Philippi, 1851) accepted as Euspira gilva (R. A. Philippi, 1851) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Lunatia grossularia (Marche-Marchad, 1957) accepted as Euspira grossularia (Marche-Marchad, 1957)
- Species Lunatia guilleminii (Payraudeau, 1826) accepted as Euspira guilleminii (Payraudeau, 1826)
- Species Lunatia helicina (Brocchi, 1814) † accepted as Euspira helicina (Brocchi, 1814) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Lunatia hemicrypta (Gabb, 1860) † accepted as Euspirella hemicrypta (Gabb, 1860) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Lunatia heros (Say, 1822) accepted as Euspira heros (Say, 1822) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Lunatia intermedia (R. A. Philippi, 1836) accepted as Euspira nitida (Donovan, 1803) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lunatia levicula A. E. Verrill, 1880 accepted as Euspira levicula (A. E. Verrill, 1880)
- Species Lunatia lewisii (A. Gould, 1847) accepted as Neverita lewisii (A. Gould, 1847) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Lunatia litorina (Dall, 1908) accepted as Euspira litorina (Dall, 1908) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Lunatia macilenta (R. A. Philippi, 1844) accepted as Euspira macilenta (R. A. Philippi, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Lunatia monilifera (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Euspira catena (da Costa, 1778)
- Species Lunatia montagui (Forbes, 1838) accepted as Euspira montagui (Forbes, 1838)
- Species Lunatia monterona (Dall, 1919) accepted as Euspira monterona Dall, 1919
- Species Lunatia nana (Møller, 1842) accepted as Pseudopolinices nanus (Møller, 1842)
- Species Lunatia nitida (Donovan, 1803) accepted as Euspira nitida (Donovan, 1803)
- Species Lunatia nux Okutani, 1964 accepted as Euspira nux (Okutani, 1964) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Lunatia pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) accepted as Euspira pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
- Species Lunatia pardoana (Dall, 1908) accepted as Euspira pardoana (Dall, 1908)
- Species Lunatia pila (Pilsbry, 1911) accepted as Euspira pila (Pilsbry, 1911)
- Species Lunatia plicispira Kuroda, 1961 accepted as Euspira plicispira (Kuroda, 1961) (original combination)
- Species Lunatia poliana (Della Chiaje, 1826) accepted as Euspira nitida (Donovan, 1803)
- Species Lunatia pulchella (Risso, 1826) accepted as Euspira nitida (Donovan, 1803)
- Species Lunatia sordida (R. A. Philippi, 1844) accepted as Euspira fusca (Blainville, 1825)
- Species Lunatia suturalis F. W. Hutton, 1877 † accepted as Friginatica suturalis (F. W. Hutton, 1877) † (superseded combination)
- Species Lunatia tenuis (Récluz, 1851) accepted as Euspira tenuis (Récluz, 1850)
- Species Lunatia tenuistriata (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1911) accepted as Euspira tenuistriata (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1911)
- Species Lunatia triseriata (Say, 1826) accepted as Euspira triseriata (Say, 1826)
- Species Lunatia yokoyamai (Kuroda & Habe, 1952) accepted as Euspira yokoyamai (Kuroda & T. Habe, 1952) †
- Species Lunatia gileadensis Hamlin, 1884 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Lunatia matheroniana (A. d'Orbigny, 1842) † (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Lunatia moorei Gabb, 1860 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 149 [details]
page(s): 149 [details]
Taxonomy Torigoe & Inaba (2011) provided a rather arbitrary assignment of species to respectively Euspira and Lunatia and this has...
Taxonomy Torigoe & Inaba (2011) provided a rather arbitrary assignment of species to respectively Euspira and Lunatia and this has been at one time uploaded in the WoRMS classification. However this is not based on any in-depth phylogenetic analysis and has proved inconsistent when some closely related European species (e.g. Euspira guillemini, E. macilenta) were then not congeneric.
Until a substantiated phylogenetic hypothesis is published for the group, Lunatia is here considered a junior subjective synonym of Euspira and all the species accepted under Euspira, following in this Marincowich (1977), Kabat (1991) and the Malacolog database. [details]
Until a substantiated phylogenetic hypothesis is published for the group, Lunatia is here considered a junior subjective synonym of Euspira and all the species accepted under Euspira, following in this Marincowich (1977), Kabat (1991) and the Malacolog database. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lunatia J. E. Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=150577 on 2025-06-23
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 149 [details]
basis of record Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 149 [details]
basis of record Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Kabat A. R. (1991). The classification of the Naticidae (Mollusca Gastropoda). Review and analysis of the supraspecific taxa. <i>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 152</i>: 417-449, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4782270
page(s): 431 [details]
page(s): 431 [details]
Other
additional source
Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011). Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. <em>Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum.</em> 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/251565.pdf [details] Available for editors 
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Torigoe & Inaba (2011) provided a rather arbitrary assignment of species to respectively Euspira and Lunatia and this has been at one time uploaded in the WoRMS classification. However this is not based on any in-depth phylogenetic analysis and has proved inconsistent when some closely related European species (e.g. Euspira guillemini, E. macilenta) were then not congeneric.Until a substantiated phylogenetic hypothesis is published for the group, Lunatia is here considered a junior subjective synonym of Euspira and all the species accepted under Euspira, following in this Marincowich (1977), Kabat (1991) and the Malacolog database. [details]
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