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Neptunea ithia

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Neptunea
Apertural view of a shell of Neptunea ithia, the operculum glued in place on cotton. From British Columbia, Canada.
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N. ithia
Binomial name
Neptunea ithia
Dall, 1891

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

References

  1. ^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Neptunea Röding, 1798. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=491174 on 2012-2-11