Biology:Neptunea pribiloffensis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Neptunea pribiloffensis
Neptunea pribiloffensis shell.jpg
Apertural view of a shell of Neptunea pribiloffensis also showing the operculum
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Tudiclidae
Genus: Neptunea
Species:
N. pribiloffensis
Binomial name
Neptunea pribiloffensis
W. H. Dall, 1919

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

Abapertural view of the shell of Neptunea pribiloffensis.

Wikidata ☰ Q3172173 entry