Neptunea polycostata

Neptunea polycostata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Neptunea
Species: N. polycostata
Binomial name
Neptunea polycostata
Scarlato in Galkin et Scarlato, 1955
Synonyms
  • Neptunea polycostata polycostata Galkin & Scarlato, 1955
  • Neptunea satura var. polycostata Galkin & Scarlato, 1955 (basionym)

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

There is one subspecies: Neptunea polycostata aino Fraussen & Terryn, 2007 (synonym: Neptunea polycostata var. sculpturata Golikov, 1963)

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