Neptunea pribiloffensis

Neptunea pribiloffensis, common name the Pribilof whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.

Abapertural view of the shell of Neptunea pribiloffensis.

Neptunea pribiloffensis
Apertural view of a shell of Neptunea pribiloffensis also showing the operculum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Buccinidae
Genus:
Neptunea
Species:
N. pribiloffensis
Binomial name
Neptunea pribiloffensis

References


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