Neptunea contraria | |
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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 [1] | |
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Neptunea contraria is a left-handed species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks. [1]
The length of the shell attains 100.9 mm.
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This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily. It habitats a wide range of depths, from around 100 to 800 meters deep. [1]
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