Neptunea pribiloffensis
| Neptunea pribiloffensis | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Neptunea pribiloffensis also showing the operculum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Buccinidae |
| Genus: | Neptunea |
| Species: | N. pribiloffensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Neptunea pribiloffensis W. H. Dall, 1919[1]
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Neptunea pribiloffensis, common name the Pribilof whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks. It is distributed across East Pacific.[2]
Description
This species attains a size of 95–110 mm.
Distribution
Northern Pacific Ocean: Bering Sea.
Gallery
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Neptunea pribiloffensis (dorsal)
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Abapertural view of the shell of Neptunea pribiloffensis.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Neptunea pribiloffensis.
- ^ "Neptunea pribiloffensis (Dall, 1919)". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
- ^ "Neptunea pribiloffensis (Dall, 1919)". sealifebase.se. Retrieved 2025-04-30.