Neptunea ventricosa

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Neptunea ventricosa
Neptunea ventricosa in Oceanarium of Vladivostok.jpg
Two views of a shell of Neptunea ventricosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Neptunea
Species:
N. ventricosa
Binomial name
Neptunea ventricosa
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Buccinum ventricosumGmelin, 1791 (original combination)
  • Chrysodomus nuceusDall, 1919
  • Chrysodomus saturus(Martyn)
  • Fusus bulbosusValenciennes, 1846
  • Fusus fornicatus f. conicaAurivillius, 1885
  • Fusus fornicatus f. devexaAurivillius, 1885
  • Fusus fornicatus f. intermediaAurivillius, 1885
  • Fusus saturusDeshayes, 1843
  • Neptunea beringiana var. unicostataGolikov, 1963
  • Neptunea satura(Martyn, 1784) (unavailable name)
  • Tritonium antiquum var. behringianaMiddendorff, 1848

Neptunea ventricosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 105.1 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Kamchatka, Russia, and off Alaska.

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