Neptunea contraria

Neptunea contraria is a left-handed species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.

Neptunea contraria
Shell of Neptunea contraria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Buccinidae
Genus:	Neptunea
Species:	N. contraria
Binomial name
Neptunea contraria (Linnaeus, 1771)
Synonyms
Fusus perversus Kiener, 1840 Fusus sinistrorsus Deshayes, 1832 Murex contrarius Linnaeus, 1771 Tritonium antiquum var. contrarium (Linnaeus, 1771)

Description

The length of the shell attains 100.9 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily. It habitats a wide range of depths, from around 100 to 800 meters deep.

References

• Fraussen K. & Terryn Y. (2007). The family Buccinidae. Genus Neptunea. In: A Conchological Iconography [Directed by Guido T. Poppe & Klaus Groh]. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 159 pp., 154 pls
• de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, the Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom
• Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.

External links

• Linnaeus C. (1771). Mantissa plantarum: Generum editionis VI. et specierum editionis II. L. Salvius, Holmiae
• Deshayes, G. P. (1830-1832). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des Vers et Mollusques. Vol. 2: viii+1-594
• Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico. supplement 1: 121-296