Euspira catena
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Length = 28mm. Collected from Camber Sands, Sussex on 03/11/1984.
Euspira catena
<em>Euspira catena</em> (da Costa, 1778)
Euspira catena
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Length = 28mm. Collected from Camber Sands, Sussex on 03/11/1984.
Euspira catena
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Length = 28mm. Collected from Camber Sands, Sussex on 03/11/1984.
Euspira catena
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Length = 28mm. Collected from Camber Sands, Sussex on 03/11/1984.
Euspira catena
Vernacular names
large necklace shell; large necklace snail; large necklace moonsnail; European necklace shell
Distribution and status
Found all around the British Isles and from Norway to the Mediterranean.
The map provided here shows the distribution of the species based on Conchological Society data.
Similar species
Euspira nitida (Donovan, 1803), but E. nitida is smaller and generally lives in deeper water though it can on occasion be found on the lower shore. In addition, E. nitida has a short and blunt spire and a distinctly flat profile, with the outer lip meeting the last whorl, tangentially. The two species have similar distributions.
Key identification features
- Up to 35mm in height;
- The outer lip meets the last whorl at right angles;
- Whorls tumid with distinct sutures giving a stepped profile; and,
- Large, deep, round, umbilicus.
References and links
Taxon details available from MolluscaBase (AphiaID 140528):
Euspira catena (da Costa, 1778)
For the species account provided by the Marine Species Indentification Portal click here or, for that from the Marine Life Information Network click here.
The UK National Biodiversity Network (NBN) Atlas entry for the species can be accessed via this link.
Taxon version key
[NBNSYS0000175298]
Sort order
2190
Taxonomic group
Marine snail
Part of the original description from, Da Costa, Mendes E. (1778):