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Neptunea decemcostata

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Species of mollusc

Neptunea decemcostata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Neptunea
Species: N. decemcostata
Binomial name
Neptunea decemcostata
(Say, 1826)

Neptunea decemcostata, the New England neptune, is a species of Neptunea and the state shell of Massachusetts. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of Neptunea lyrata, which it shares its common name with.

References

  1. "Massachusetts Facts: State Symbols". Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Taxon identifiers
Neptunea decemcostata


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