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


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