Neptunea occaecata

Neptunea occaecata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Neptunea
Species:
N. occaecata
Binomial name
Neptunea occaecata
Fraussen & Terryn, 2007[1]

Neptunea occaecata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[2]

Description

This deepwater species attains a size of 70-180 mm.

Distribution

North-west Pacific Ocean: Kamchatka area. Trawled at 180 - 200 m. depth.

References

  1. ^ Fraussen & Terryn (2007). A Conchological Iconography. The Family Buccinidae. Genus Neptunea. ConchBooks (Ed.) 1–319. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  2. ^ Neptunea occaecata Fraussen & Terryn, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.


Stub icon

This Buccinidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.