Euspira Agassiz

Huelsken, Thomas, Marek, Carina, Schreiber, Stefan, Schmidt, Iris & Mann, Michael Holl-, 2008, The Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Giglio Island (Tuscany, Italy): Shell characters, live animals, and a molecular analysis of egg masses, Zootaxa 1770, pp. 1-40 : 29

The genus Euspira Agassiz in Sowerby, 1837 on Giglio Island

Two species of the genus Euspira were found on Giglio Island. Euspira nitida (Donovan, 1804) , which is frequently listed under one of its many junior synonyms such as Lunatia poliana (Delle Chiaje, 1826) (e.g., Settepassi 1970, Sabelli & Spada 1977, Schiró, 1977, Riedel 1983), and Euspira macilenta (Philippi, 1844) . Specimens of E. nitida were found in the Bay of Campese and in the caves of the Cala delle`Allume in shallow waters up to 8 m depth. Both collecting areas were overgrown with Posidonia oceanica or Zostera spec . sea weeds. The specimens were found crawling under the sand, leaving well observable trails on its surface. Additionally, many empty shells were found in the Caves at the Cala delle´Allume. The species prefers coarse sediment. The one shell of E. macilenta was found at Pt. del Morto in 35 m depth in coarse sand.