Neptunea polycostata

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

Neptunea polycostata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Buccinidae
Genus:
Neptunea
Species:
N. polycostata
Binomial name
Neptunea polycostata
Scarlato in Galkin et Scarlato, 1955
Synonyms
  • Neptunea polycostata polycostata Galkin & Scarlato, 1955
  • Neptunea satura var. polycostata Galkin & Scarlato, 1955 (basionym)

There is one subspecies: Neptunea polycostata aino Fraussen & Terryn, 2007 (synonym: Neptunea polycostata var. sculpturata Golikov, 1963)

References
  1. Neptunea polycostata Scarlato in Galkin et Scarlato, 1955. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.


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