Neptunea gyroscopoides
Appearance
Neptunea gyroscopoides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Buccinidae |
Genus: | Neptunea |
Species: | N. gyroscopoides
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Binomial name | |
Neptunea gyroscopoides Fraussen & Terryn, 2007[1]
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Neptunea gyroscopoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[2]
Description
[edit]This cold water species attains a size of 120 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]Northern Pacific Ocean: Alaska.
References
[edit]- ^ Fraussen & Terryn (2007). A Conchological Iconography. The Family Buccinidae. Genus Neptunea. ConchBooks (Ed.) 1–319. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ Neptunea gyroscopoides Fraussen & Terryn, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.