Neptunea angulata
†Neptunea angulata is an extinct species of large fossil sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae.
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Drawing of a shell of Neptunea angulata | |
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†Neptunea angulata (Wood, 1848) | |
There is some confusion concerning the nomenclature (the naming) of this extinct taxon. The species was formerly known as Neptunea contraria. This is, however, the name of a modern extant species, and therefore the two names are not synonyms. This has been clarified by Nelson & Pain, 1986.[1]

Shells of Neptunea angulata
Distribution
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References
- Nelson, C.M. & Pain, T. (1986) Linnaeus' Neptunea (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 88: 291-305.
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