Biology:Neptunea hedychra
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Short description: Species of gastropod
Neptunea hedychra | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Tudiclidae |
Genus: | Neptunea |
Species: | N. hedychra
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Binomial name | |
Neptunea hedychra Fraussen & Terryn, 2007[1]
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Neptunea hedychra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[2]
Description
Neptunea hedychra has a conical spiral shell. It has light colouration and can have tan bands running horizontally along the snail shell.
Distribution
References
- ↑ 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 hedychra Fraussen & Terryn, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
Wikidata ☰ Q6995763 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptunea hedychra.
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