Neptunea lyrata

Neptunea lyrata
Neptunea lyrata
Apertural view of a shell of Neptunea lyrata showing the operculum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Neptunea
Species: N. lyrata
Binomial name
Neptunea lyrata
J. F. Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms

Murex lyratus Gmelin, 1791
Abapertural view of the shell of Neptunea lyrata.

Neptunea lyrata, common name ribbed neptune, inflated whelk or lyre neptune, is a species of large sea snail, a fossil marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae.

The Wrinkled Whelk was declared the state seashell of Massachusetts in 1987.

Contents

Subspecies

  • Neptunea lyrata altispira
  • Neptunea lyrata lyrata Gmelin, 1791 - Lyre Whelk
  • Neptunea lyrata decemcostata (Say, 1826)[1] - Wrinkled Whelk - synonyms[2]: Chrysodomus decemcostata (Say, 1826); Tritonium decemcostata (Say, 1826); Fusus decemcostatus Say, 1826; Neptunea turnerae Clarke, 1956
  • Neptunea lyrata turnerae Clarke, 1956

Distribution

Neptunea lyrata occurs in the Western Atlantic Ocean.

References

  1. ^ Say, T. (1826). "Descriptions of marine shells recently discovered on the coast of the United States". Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5: 207-221.
  2. ^ Neptunea lyrata decemcostata (Say, 1826). Malacolog Version 4.1.1. A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. Accessed 13 December 2009.

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