Neptunea occaecata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[2]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Buccinidae |
Genus: | Neptunea |
Species: | N. occaecata
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Binomial name | |
Neptunea occaecata Fraussen & Terryn, 2007[1]
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Description
editThis deepwater species attains a size of 70-180 mm.
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Distribution
editNorth-west Pacific Ocean: Kamchatka area. Trawled at 180 - 200 m. depth.
References
edit- ^ 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 occaecata Fraussen & Terryn, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.