Neptunea lyrata
Encyclopedia
Neptunea lyrata, common name ribbed neptune, inflated whelk or lyre neptune, is a species
of large sea snail
, a fossil marine
gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae
.
The Wrinkled Whelk was declared the state seashell of Massachusetts
in 1987.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of large sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
, a fossil marine
Marine (ocean)
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gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae
Buccinidae
Buccinidae is a very large and diverse taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks or true whelks.True whelks are mostly marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda...
.
The Wrinkled Whelk was declared the state seashell of Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
in 1987.
Subspecies
- Neptunea lyrata altispira
- Neptunea lyrata lyrata Gmelin, 1791 - Lyre Whelk
- Neptunea lyrata decemcostata (SayThomas SayThomas Say was an American naturalist, entomologist, malacologist, herpetologist and carcinologist. A taxonomist, he is often considered to be the father of descriptive entomology in the United States. He described more than 1,000 new species of beetles and over 400 species of insects of other...
, 1826) - Wrinkled Whelk - synonyms: Chrysodomus decemcostata (Say, 1826); Tritonium decemcostata (Say, 1826); Fusus decemcostatus Say, 1826; Neptunea turnerae Clarke, 1956 - Neptunea lyrata turnerae Clarke, 1956
External links
- Neptunea lyrata at National Center for Biotechnology InformationNational Center for Biotechnology InformationThe National Center for Biotechnology Information is part of the United States National Library of Medicine , a branch of the National Institutes of Health. The NCBI is located in Bethesda, Maryland and was founded in 1988 through legislation sponsored by Senator Claude Pepper...
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