Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Buccinidae Scientific name Neptunea polycostata | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Buccinoidea Genus Neptunea Rank Species | |
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Similar Neptunea lyrata, Barbitonia arthritica, Neptunea, Neptunea intersculpta, Neptunea heros | ||
Neptunea polycostata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
There is one subspecies: Neptunea polycostata aino Fraussen & Terryn, 2007 (synonym: Neptunea polycostata var. sculpturata Golikov, 1963)
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