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Neptunea ithia
Species of gastropod / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Neptunea ithia is a species of large sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]
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Apertural view of a shell of Neptunea ithia, the operculum glued in place on cotton. From British Columbia, Canada. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Buccinidae |
Genus: | Neptunea |
Species: | N. ithia |
Binomial name | |
Neptunea ithia Dall, 1891 | |
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