Neptunea despecta

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(Linnaeus, 1758)

Neptunea despecta

Phylum:

Mollusca

Taxonomy

Class:

Gastropoda

Order:

Neogastropoda

Family:

Buccinidae

ANSP 395017

Shell Information

Maximum size (mm): 120

Chirality:

Dextral

Description:

This shell has a tall spire and about 6 whorls. The whorls of this shell appear stepped with blunt nodes running along their shoulder. On lower whorls the nodes become smaller and fade away and the shoulder becomes more rounded.

Ecological Information

Distribution:

Greenland to Massachusetts

Depth (m):

9 to 1262 meters

Diet:

Carnivore

Habitat:

Works Cited

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Neptunea despecta (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138923 on 2021-06-23
Rosenberg, G. 2009. Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. [WWW database (version 4.1.1)] URL http://www.malacolog.org/