Euspira

Euspira is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

Euspira

Hans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PolinicinaePBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB
Life habit
semi-infaunalPBDB
Motility
actively mobilePBDB
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Gastropoda

Time the record covers

At least 236 million years on record.

The record covers at least 237 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 241.464 Mya to 0 Mya.

Middle Triassic — about 1 of 1219 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 0 of 1219 occurrencesEarly Jurassic — about 0 of 1219 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 0 of 1219 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 0 of 1219 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 12 of 1219 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 369 of 1219 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 77 of 1219 occurrencesEocene — about 248 of 1219 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 83 of 1219 occurrencesMiocene — about 223 of 1219 occurrencesPliocene — about 77 of 1219 occurrencesPleistocene — about 115 of 1219 occurrences246–238 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences238–230 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences123–115 Mya — about 2 occurrences115–107 Mya — about 5 occurrences107–99 Mya — about 23 occurrences99–90 Mya — about 43 occurrences90–82 Mya — about 11 occurrences82–74 Mya — about 54 occurrences74–66 Mya — about 246 occurrences66–57 Mya — about 61 occurrences57–49 Mya — about 66 occurrences49–41 Mya — about 62 occurrences41–33 Mya — about 142 occurrences33–25 Mya — about 61 occurrences25–16 Mya — about 70 occurrences16–8.2 Mya — about 159 occurrences8.2–0 Mya — about 214 occurrences237 Mya11.7 ka246 Mya0 Mya

1,219 occurrences of Euspira on record, most of them in the Late Cretaceous. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

1,219 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

249 formations

Providence — 31.92°N, 85.82°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.70°WProvidence — 31.95°N, 85.68°WProvidence — 31.84°N, 85.22°WProvidence — 31.75°N, 85.12°WProvidence — 31.76°N, 85.13°WProvidence — 31.82°N, 84.97°WProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.35°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.21°WKeasey — 45.75°N, 123.25°WKeasey — 45.72°N, 123.20°WKeasey — 45.74°N, 123.27°WMoodys Branch — 32.85°N, 90.41°WMoodys Branch — 32.95°N, 90.17°WMoodys Branch — 32.23°N, 92.15°WMoodys Branch — 32.01°N, 92.00°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.69°WMoodys Branch — 32.28°N, 90.18°WMoodys Branch — 31.40°N, 93.71°WMoodys Branch — 31.82°N, 92.33°WMoodys Branch — 31.67°N, 92.89°WMoodys Branch — 31.26°N, 93.82°WMoodys Branch — 32.17°N, 88.83°WMoodys Branch — 32.98°N, 90.30°WPrairie Bluff — 34.50°N, 88.94°WPrairie Bluff — 33.89°N, 88.96°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.91°WPrairie Bluff — 33.72°N, 88.90°WPrairie Bluff — 33.52°N, 88.84°WPrairie Bluff — 32.90°N, 88.46°WPrairie Bluff — 32.67°N, 88.29°WPrairie Bluff — 32.74°N, 88.36°WPrairie Bluff — 32.70°N, 88.17°WPrairie Bluff — 32.61°N, 88.24°WPrairie Bluff — 32.43°N, 88.04°WPrairie Bluff — 32.23°N, 87.50°WPrairie Bluff — 32.14°N, 87.42°WPrairie Bluff — 32.07°N, 87.33°WPrairie Bluff — 32.08°N, 87.03°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.99°WPrairie Bluff — 32.04°N, 86.78°WPrairie Bluff — 31.97°N, 86.72°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 86.00°WRipley — 34.73°N, 88.95°WRipley — 34.49°N, 89.01°WRipley — 34.25°N, 90.00°WRipley — 34.93°N, 88.52°WRipley — 35.23°N, 88.61°WRipley — 33.89°N, 89.02°WRipley — 32.05°N, 86.78°WRipley — 35.32°N, 88.42°WRipley — 33.86°N, 96.83°WRipley — 35.29°N, 88.60°WCorsicana Marl — 33.10°N, 95.99°WCorsicana Marl — 32.53°N, 96.27°WCorsicana Marl — 32.22°N, 96.31°WCorsicana Marl — 31.52°N, 96.58°WCorsicana Marl — 31.40°N, 96.73°WCorsicana Marl — 30.94°N, 96.95°WCorsicana Marl — 30.69°N, 97.20°WCorsicana Marl — 30.37°N, 97.46°WCorsicana Marl — 30.37°N, 97.45°WCorsicana Marl — 30.32°N, 97.53°WCorsicana Marl — 30.23°N, 97.52°WCorsicana Marl — 30.20°N, 97.58°WCorsicana Marl — 29.95°N, 97.71°WCorsicana Marl — 29.83°N, 97.84°WCorsicana Marl — 29.62°N, 98.06°WCorsicana Marl — 29.63°N, 98.04°WCorsicana Marl — 29.63°N, 98.54°WCorsicana Marl — 29.49°N, 98.19°WCorsicana Marl — 29.39°N, 98.71°WWoodbine — 32.77°N, 97.01°WWoodbine — 32.86°N, 97.06°WWoodbine — 32.99°N, 96.95°WWoodbine — 33.69°N, 96.39°WWoodbine — 33.71°N, 96.46°WWoodbine — 33.73°N, 96.77°WWoodbine — 33.70°N, 96.58°WWoodbine — 33.60°N, 96.37°WWoodbine — 33.67°N, 96.34°WWoodbine — 33.87°N, 95.57°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.80°N, 118.16°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.99°N, 118.45°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.60°N, 117.88°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.72°N, 118.28°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.76°N, 118.28°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.66°N, 117.94°WNacatoch Sand — 32.10°N, 96.47°WNacatoch Sand — 32.59°N, 96.31°WNacatoch Sand — 33.14°N, 95.60°WNacatoch Sand — 33.14°N, 96.11°WNacatoch Sand — 31.31°N, 96.90°WNacatoch Sand — 32.05°N, 96.41°WEscondido — 29.29°N, 98.97°WEscondido — 29.35°N, 99.02°WEscondido — 29.36°N, 99.05°WEscondido — 29.34°N, 99.16°WEscondido — 29.16°N, 99.48°WEscondido — 29.06°N, 100.07°WEscondido — 29.03°N, 100.25°WEscondido — 28.71°N, 100.49°WEscondido — 28.55°N, 100.33°WEscondido — 28.26°N, 100.27°WBudden Canyon — 40.46°N, 122.56°WBudden Canyon — 40.44°N, 122.57°WBudden Canyon — 40.46°N, 122.55°WYorktown — 37.25°N, 76.50°WYorktown — 34.90°N, 78.05°WYorktown — 37.21°N, 76.69°WYorktown — 37.06°N, 76.63°WPorters Creek — 32.12°N, 87.26°WPorters Creek — 31.99°N, 87.29°WPorters Creek — 31.93°N, 87.02°WPorters Creek — 32.03°N, 87.42°WPorters Creek — 32.23°N, 88.00°WLondon Clay — 51.43°N, 2.00°WLondon Clay — 51.40°N, 0.83°ELondon Clay — 50.83°N, 0.78°WLondon Clay — 50.89°N, 1.28°WLondon Clay — 51.73°N, 0.48°ELondon Clay — 50.78°N, 0.65°WLondon Clay — 51.08°N, 1.17°WLondon Clay — 51.23°N, 0.85°WLondon Clay — 51.51°N, 0.24°ESevern — 38.80°N, 77.00°WSevern — 38.89°N, 76.85°WSevern — 38.92°N, 76.85°WSevern — 39.04°N, 76.57°WMeganos — 37.92°N, 121.77°WMeganos — 37.91°N, 121.74°WJalama — 34.51°N, 120.42°WJalama — 34.51°N, 120.45°WCowlitz — 46.40°N, 122.96°WCowlitz — 46.26°N, 122.30°WCowlitz — 46.40°N, 122.93°WCowlitz — 46.20°N, 123.02°WChoptank — 38.39°N, 76.57°WChoptank — 38.41°N, 76.48°WChoptank — 38.38°N, 76.38°WChoptank — 38.52°N, 76.51°WPierre Shale — 43.25°N, 104.27°WMancos Shale — 36.35°N, 109.82°WMancos Shale — 36.18°N, 109.88°WMancos Shale — 36.55°N, 110.48°WTropic Shale — 37.07°N, 111.62°WTropic Shale — 37.21°N, 111.17°WOwl Creek — 34.17°N, 88.89°WOwl Creek — 34.93°N, 88.87°WOwl Creek — 34.74°N, 88.90°WOwl Creek — 34.78°N, 88.89°WOwl Creek — 34.63°N, 88.84°WOwl Creek — 37.00°N, 89.87°WLefipán — 42.67°S, 69.98°WLefipán — 42.67°S, 69.85°W

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The named rock units Euspira has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 225 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 221 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Euspira and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

Where Euspira and its relatives were recorded in the Late Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

1,587 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 866 sites for Euspira, and this reads 240 of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

273 references

Each of the 1,219 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 261 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Euspira

Credit
Hans Hillewaert
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution-NonCommercial
Commercial use
the licence does not allow it

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itPolinicinae through timeFormations of the Late CretaceousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Agassiz 1837)