Neptunea pribiloffensis
Neptunea pribiloffensis | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Neptunea pribiloffensis also showing the operculum | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Buccinidae |
Genus: | Neptunea |
Species: | N. pribiloffensis
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Binomial name | |
Neptunea pribiloffensis W. H. Dall, 1919
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Neptunea pribiloffensis, common name the Pribilof whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
Description[edit]
This species attains a size of 95–110 mm.
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Distribution[edit]
Northern Pacific Ocean: Bering Sea.
References[edit]
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