Neptunea hedychra

Neptunea hedychra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[2]

Neptunea hedychra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Buccinidae
Genus:
Neptunea
Species:
N. hedychra
Binomial name
Neptunea hedychra
Fraussen & Terryn, 2007[1]

Description

Neptunea hedychra has a conical spiral shell. It has light colouration and can have tan bands running horizontally along the snail shell.

Distribution
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References
  1. Fraussen & Terryn (2007). A Conchological Iconography. The Family Buccinidae. Genus Neptunea. ConchBooks (Ed.) 1 -319. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  2. Neptunea hedychra Fraussen & Terryn, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.

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