Neptunea hedychra | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Buccinidae |
Genus: | Neptunea |
Species: | N. hedychra |
Binomial name | |
Neptunea hedychra Fraussen & Terryn, 2007 |
Neptunea hedychra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
Description
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Neptunea hedychra has a conical spiral shell. It has light colouration and can have tan bands running horizontally along the snail shell.
Distribution
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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.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Neptunea hedychra |
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