Summary ²

The northern moon snail, scientific name Euspira heros (previously known by the scientific name Lunatia heros), is a species of large sea snail, a predatory marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails (U.S.) or necklace snails (U.K.).

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1. (c) Femorale, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.femorale.com/shellphotos/detail.asp?species=Lunatia%20heros%20(Say,%201822)
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euspira_heros

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