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Apertural view of a shell of Neptunea ithia, the operculum glued in place on cotton. From British Columbia, Canada. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Buccinidae |
Genus: | Neptunea |
Species: | N. ithia |
Binomial name | |
Neptunea ithia Dall, 1891 | |
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Retimohnia glypta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
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Euthria walleri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
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Trivirostra letourneuxi is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.
Trivirostra pseudotrivellona is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.
Cerithiopsis iuxtafuniculata is a species of sea snail, a gastropod in the family Cerithiopsidae. It was described by Rolan, Espinosa and Fernandez-Garcés, in 2007.
Nanopsis parvada is a species of sea snail, a gastropod in the family Cerithiopsidae. It was described by Rolán, Espinosa, and Fernández-Garcés, in 2007.
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