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title: "Northern Moonsnail"
description: "Euspira heros — Other animals. Euspira heros, the northern moon snail, is a species of large sea snail in the family Naticidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/northern-moonsnail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Northern Moonsnail

> Euspira heros — Other animals. Euspira heros, the northern moon snail, is a species of large sea snail in the family Naticidae.

- Scientific name: *Euspira heros*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 4698
- Wikidata: [Q10492151](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10492151)
- iNaturalist taxon: [424402](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/424402)

## Names

- en: Northern Moonsnail
- fr: Natice de l'Atlantique

## Countries with the most observations

CA (2198), US (1828)

## Summary

Euspira heros, the northern moon snail, is a species of large sea snail in the family Naticidae. This large snail is rather uncommon intertidally, but is much more common subtidally. This species, like all moon snails, feeds voraciously on clams and other snails.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euspira_heros

## Photo

![Northern Moonsnail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-moonsnail/medium.jpg)

Photo: newyorkyankees28 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10882228

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/northern-moonsnail?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).