Neptunea pribiloffensis

Neptunea pribiloffensis
Apertural view of a shell of Neptunea pribiloffensis also showing the operculum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Neptunea
Species:
N. pribiloffensis
Binomial name
Neptunea pribiloffensis

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 length of the shell attains 95–110 mm.

Distribution

Northern Pacific Ocean: Bering Sea.

References

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  1. ↑ "Neptunea pribiloffensis (Dall, 1919)". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
  2. ↑ "Neptunea pribiloffensis (Dall, 1919)". sealifebase.se. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
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