Neptunea polycostata

Neptunea polycostata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
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)

Distribution

Cold northern seas, Sakhalin, and Hokkaido.

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