Proneptunea rufa

Proneptunea rufa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Prosiphonidae
Genus:	Proneptunea
Species:	P. rufa
Binomial name
Proneptunea rufa Oliver & Picken, 1984

Proneptunea rufa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Prosiphonidae, the true whelks. ^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off King George Island, Antarctica.

References

1. Proneptunea rufa Oliver & Picken, 1984 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 April 2010.

• Oliver P.G. & Picken G.B. (1984). Prosobranch gastropods from Signy Island, Antarctica: Buccinacea and Muricacea. British Antarctic Survey Bulletin. 62: 95-115.
• Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.

External links

• Zettler, M. L.; Bick, A. (2025). "Molluscs from a shallow bay of King George Island (Antarctica, South Shetland Islands): An annotated checklist with new distributional records". Zootaxa. 5631 (3).