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Neptunea despecta Linnaeus 1758 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative combinations: Chrysodomus despectus, Murex despectus, Trophon antiquus despectus

Belongs to Neptunea according to Y. I. Kantor et al. 2022

See also Hendy et al. 2008, Richards 1962, Swainson 1840 and Wood 1882

Sister taxa: Neptunea (Neptunea), Neptunea (Sulcosipho), Neptunea (Trophonopsis), Neptunea alaquaensis, Neptunea antarctocosta, Neptunea cretacea, Neptunea diminuta, Neptunea gracilis, Neptunea humboldtiana, Neptunea ithia, Neptunea lyrata, Neptunea modestoidea, Neptunea stonei, Chrysodomus patuxentensis, Chrysodomus packardi, Chrysodomus asakuraensis, Chrysodomus pulcherrimus, Chrysodomus buwaldi, Chrysodomus martini, Chrysodomus lincolnensis, Chrysodomus ruckmani, Chrysodomus hannibali, Chrysodomus cierboensis, Chrysodomus altispiratus, Chrysodomus (Sipho), Chrysodomus burroensis, Chrysodomus pabloensis, Chrysodomus chikuzenensis, Chrysodomus clallamensis, Chrysodomus diabloensis

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (1: Quebec collection), Greenland (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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