Neptunea | |
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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 | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): |
clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Buccinidae |
Genus: | Neptunea |
Species: | N. ithia |
Binomial name | |
Neptunea ithia Dall, 1891 |
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Neptunea ithia is a species of large sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.