Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Euspira litorina
Gastropodo, Gastropod
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Littorinimorpha
Superfamily
Naticoidea
Family
Naticidae
Genus
Euspira
Species
litorina
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Lunatia litorina (Dall, 1908), Polinices (Euspira) litorinus Dall, 1908 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Euspira litorina", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19525. Accessed 4 November 2026.