Neptunea altispira Gabb 1869 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1869. Section I. Tertiary Invertebrate Fossils. Part II. Description of New Species (Continued). Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils 39-64

Belongs to Neptunea according to R. B. Stewart 1927

See also Gabb 1869

Sister taxa: Neptunea (Neptunea), Neptunea (Sulcosipho), Neptunea (Trophonopsis), Neptunea alaquaensis, Neptunea cretacea, Neptunea despecta, Neptunea diminuta, Neptunea gracilis, Neptunea lyrata, Neptunea modestoidea, Neptunea stonei

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Neptunea altispira in the database

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