Euspira jhuraensis Das et al. 2019 (moon snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae

Perrilliat et al. (2000) reported Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad, 1858) from the Lower Maastrichtian of the Mexcala Formation, southern Mexico (p. 14, fig. 6.9, 6.10). Both species have similar shell shape and less-impressed sutures. Euspira rectilabrum, however, has a small-sized and moderately thickened shell and large number of whorls, which the present species lacks. Perrilliat et al. (2000) also mentioned that E. rectilabrum has a subovate aperture and prosocline growth lines, whereas a perfectly ear-shaped aperture and orthocline growth lines are present in E. jhuraensis. In the case of E. rectilabrum, the presence of thick callus on the parietal lip produces a narrow umbilicus, whereas E. jhuraensis is characteristically moderately umbilicate with the parietal callus having a variable thickness.

Full reference: S.S. Das, S. Mondal, S. Das, S. Bardhan, and R. Saha. 2019. Family Naticidae (Gastropoda) from the Upper Jurassic of Kutch, India and a critical reappraisal of taxonomy and time of origination of the family. Journal of Paleontology

Belongs to Euspira according to S.S. Das et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Euspira antarctidia, Euspira bononiensis, Euspira catena, Euspira catenoides, Euspira compressa, Euspira constricta, Euspira draconis, Euspira ella, Euspira falklandica, Euspira gianoi, Euspira glaucinoides, Euspira gregori, Euspira grossularia, Euspira guamblinensis, Euspira halli, Euspira helicina, Euspira heros, Euspira internus, Euspira jacksonensis, Euspira lakhaparensis, Euspira latecallosa, Euspira lewisii, Euspira marianus, Euspira marylandica, Euspira meisensis, Euspira molarensis, Euspira morisi, Euspira notabilis, Euspira ottogeyeri, Euspira pallida, Euspira patagonica, Euspira perforata, Euspira piccolii, Euspira politiana, Euspira popenoei, Euspira propeinternus, Euspira pulchella, Euspira punjabensis, Euspira rectilabrum, Euspira roei, Euspira saginata, Euspira sergipensis, Euspira soriensis, Euspira strebeli, Euspira submamillaris, Euspira subobturata, Euspira tabulata, Euspira triseriata, Euspira umbilicocarinata, Euspira umbilicolunata, Euspira vicanus, Euspira waltonensis, Natica (Euspira) diabloensis, Natica (Euspira) kirkensis, Natica (Euspira) ramonensis, Polinices (Euspira) agujanus, Polinices (Euspira) blakeleyensis, Polinices (Euspira) clementensis, Polinices (Euspira) crawfordianus, Polinices (Euspira) diabloensis, Polinices (Euspira) draconis, Polinices (Euspira) galianoi, Polinices (Euspira) gesteri, Polinices (Euspira) hotsoni, Polinices (Euspira) lewisii, Polinices (Euspira) lincolnensis, Polinices (Euspira) litorinus, Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis, Polinices (Euspira) pallidus, Polinices (Euspira) pardoanus, Polinices (Euspira) ramonensis, Polinices (Euspira) simiensis, Polinices (Euspira) vientoensis, Laguncula montrisouensis, Laguncula dorotheae

Type specimen: Holotype (ISI/g/Jur/N 77) and 21 paratype specimens (ISI/g/Jur/N 78-98).

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Euspira jhuraensis in the database

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