Neptunea contraria

Neptunea contraria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Neptunea
Species: N. contraria
Binomial name
Neptunea contraria
(Linnaeus, 1771)
Synonyms[1]
  • Neptunea antiqua (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Fusus perversus Kiener, 1840
  • Fusus sinistrorsus Deshayes, 1832
  • Murex contrarius Linnaeus, 1771

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

References

  1. 1 2 Neptunea contraria (Linnaeus, 1771).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 November 2010.
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