Neptunea contraria

Neptunea contraria is a left-handed species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Neptunea contraria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Buccinidae
Genus:
Neptunea
Species:
N. contraria
Binomial name
Neptunea contraria
(Linnaeus, 1771)
Synonyms[1]
  • Neptunea antiqua (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Fusus perversus Kiener, 1840
  • Fusus sinistrorsus Deshayes, 1832
  • Murex contrarius Linnaeus, 1771

References
  1. Neptunea contraria (Linnaeus, 1771). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 November 2010.


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