Neptunea despecta

Neptunea despecta is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.

Neptunea despecta
Two views of a shell of one form of Neptunea despecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Buccinidae
Genus:	Neptunea
Species:	N. despecta
Binomial name
Neptunea despecta (Linnaeus, 1758)