| Neptunea | |
|---|---|
| Apertural view of a shell of Neptunea ithia, the operculum glued in place on cotton. From British Columbia, Canada. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): |
clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Buccinidae |
| Genus: | Neptunea |
| Species: | N. ithia |
| Binomial name | |
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Neptunea ithia Dall, 1891 |
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clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Neptunea ithia is a species of large sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.