Euspira obtusa

Euspira obtusa is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.^[1]

Euspira obtusa
Shell of Euspira obtusa (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Euspira
Species:	E. obtusa
Binomial name
Euspira obtusa (Jeffreys, 1885)
Synonyms[1]
Natica obtusa Jeffreys, 1885 (basionym) Neverita obtusa (Jeffreys, 1885) Neverita pilula Locard, 1897 Polinices obtusa (Jeffreys, 1885)

Description

The length of the shell attains 10.2 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters (the South Shetland-Faeroe Ridge), in the Atlantic Ocean off Galicia, Spain and the Cape Verdes and West Africa.