(Forbes, 1838)
Description (shell):
Shell similar to Euspira pulchella . Spire rather low, with stepped profile and deeply channelled sutures, producing notch between outer lip and last whorl; inner lip crossed by groove passing from umbilicus to aperture (E. montagui-drawing).
Size:
Up to 8 x 8.5 mm.
Colour:
Light fawn coloured, with darker throat; no spiral rows of brown marks.
Animal:
Resembles that of other Euspira species but is cream, with the posterior edge of the propodium brown.
Habitat:
Sublittoral, on sandy and muddy bottoms; 15-200 m.
Distribution:
A northern species extending down western coasts of British Isles to Mediterranean. More common in north of range (Distr. E. montagui).