Neptunea occaecata
| Neptunea occaecata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Buccinidae |
| Genus: | Neptunea |
| Species: | N. occaecata
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| Binomial name | |
| Neptunea occaecata Fraussen & Terryn, 2007[1]
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Neptunea occaecata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[2]
Description
[edit]This deepwater species attains a size of 70-180 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]North-west Pacific Ocean: Kamchatka area. Trawled at 180 - 200 m. depth.
References
[edit]- ^ Fraussen & Terryn (2007). A Conchological Iconography. The Family Buccinidae. Genus Neptunea. ConchBooks (Ed.) 1–319. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ Neptunea occaecata Fraussen & Terryn, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
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