Neptunea ventricosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Neptunea ventricosa
Two views of a shell of Neptunea ventricosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Neptunea
Species:
N. ventricosa
Binomial name
Neptunea ventricosa
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Buccinum ventricosum Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
  • Chrysodomus nuceus Dall, 1919
  • Chrysodomus saturus (Martyn)
  • Fusus bulbosus Valenciennes, 1846
  • Fusus fornicatus f. conica Aurivillius, 1885
  • Fusus fornicatus f. devexa Aurivillius, 1885
  • Fusus fornicatus f. intermedia Aurivillius, 1885
  • Fusus saturus Deshayes, 1843
  • Neptunea beringiana var. unicostata Golikov, 1963
  • Neptunea satura (Martyn, 1784) (unavailable name)
  • Tritonium antiquum var. behringiana Middendorff, 1848

Description

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The length of the shell attains 105.1 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Kamchatka, Russia, and off Alaska.

References

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  • Fraussen K. & Terryn Y. (2007). The family Buccinidae. Genus Neptunea. In: A Conchological Iconography [Directed by Guido T. Poppe & Klaus Groh]. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 159 pp., 154 pls.
  • Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.
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