Neptunea pribiloffensis

Neptunea pribiloffensis
Apertural view of a shell of Neptunea pribiloffensis also showing the operculum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Neptunea
Species:
N. pribiloffensis
Binomial name
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.

Description

This species attains a size of 95–110 mm.

Distribution

Northern Pacific Ocean: Bering Sea.

References

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Abapertural view of the shell of Neptunea pribiloffensis.


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