Neptunea hesperica

Neptunea hesperica
Neptunea hesperica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Neptunea
Species: N. hesperica
Binomial name
Neptunea hesperica
Fraussen & Terryn, 2007[1]

Neptunea hesperica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[2]

Contents

Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ Fraussen & Terryn (2007). A Conchological Iconography. The Family Buccinidae. Genus Neptunea. ConchBooks (Ed.) 1 -319. World Register of Marine Species, accessed 17 April 2010.
  2. ^ Neptunea hesperica Fraussen & Terryn, 2007.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457374 on 17 April 2010.

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