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Neptunea gyroscopoides

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Neptunea gyroscopoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Neptunea
Species:
N. gyroscopoides
Binomial name
Neptunea gyroscopoides
Fraussen & Terryn, 2007[1]

Neptunea gyroscopoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[2]

Description

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This cold water species attains a size of 120 mm.

Distribution

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Northern Pacific Ocean: Alaska.

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