Neptunea contraria

Neptunea contraria
Shell of Neptunea contraria
Scientific classification
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]
Fusus perversusKiener, 1840 Fusus sinistrorsusDeshayes, 1832 Murex contrariusLinnaeus, 1771 Tritonium antiquum var. contrarium(Linnaeus, 1771)

Neptunea contraria is a left-handed species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 100.9 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily. It habitats a wide range of depths, from around 100 to 800 meters deep. ^[1]

References

1. Neptunea contraria (Linnaeus, 1771) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 2 November 2010.

• Fraussen K. & Terryn Y. (2007). The family Buccinidae. Genus Neptunea. In: A Conchological Iconography [Directed by Guido T. Poppe & Klaus Groh]. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 159 pp., 154 pls
• de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, the Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom
• Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.

External links

• Linnaeus C. (1771). Mantissa plantarum: Generum editionis VI. et specierum editionis II. L. Salvius, Holmiae
• Deshayes, G. P. (1830-1832). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des Vers et Mollusques. Vol. 2: viii+1-594
• Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico. supplement 1: 121-296