Euplica

Euplica is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Euplica
Euplica scripta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Euplica Dall, 1889
Type species
Columbella turturina Lamarck, 1822

Species

Species within the genus Euplica include :[1]

• Euplica bidentata (Menke, 1843)
• Euplica borealis (Pilsbry, 1904)
• Euplica brunnidentata de Maintenon, 2008[2]
• Euplica deshayesi (Crosse, 1859)
• Euplica festiva (Deshayes, 1834)
• Euplica ionida (Duclos, 1835)
• Euplica lipparinii Cossignani, 2005
• Euplica livescens (Reeve, 1859)
• Euplica loisae Rehder, 1980
• Euplica prellei Cossignani, 2005
• Euplica scripta (Lamarck, 1822)
• Euplica turturina (Lamarck, 1822)
• Euplica varians (G.B. Sowerby, 1832)

Species brought into synonymy

• Euplica reticulata Cossignani, 2005: synonym of Euplica festiva (Deshayes in Laborde & Linant, 1834)
• Euplica versicolor (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832): synonym of Euplica scripta (Lamarck, 1822)

References

1. Euplica Dall, 1889. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 November 2010.
2. Euplica brunnidentata de Maintenon, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.

External links

• Dall W.H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40