Neptunea intersculpta

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

Neptunea intersculpta
Apertural view of a shell of Neptunea intersculpta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Buccinidae
Genus:
Neptunea
Species:
N. intersculpta
Binomial name
Neptunea intersculpta
(Dall, 1891)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chrysodomus hypolispus Dall, 1891
  • Chrysodomus intersculptus G. B. Sowerby III, 1899 (original combination)
  • Colus hypolispus (Dall, 1891)
  • Latisipho hypolispus (Dall, 1891)
  • Neptunea antiqua japonica Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912
  • Neptunea constricta (Dall, 1907)

References
  1. Bouchet, P.; Fraussen, K. (2013). Neptunea intersculpta (G. B. Sowerby III, 1899). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=491173 on 2014-04-08


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