Neptunea lyrata
| Neptunea lyrata | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Neptunea lyrata showing the operculum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
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clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Buccinidae |
| Genus: | Neptunea |
| Species: | N. lyrata |
| Binomial name | |
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Neptunea lyrata J. F. Gmelin, 1791 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Murex lyratus Gmelin, 1791 |
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clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Murex lyratus Gmelin, 1791
Neptunea lyrata, also known by the common names New England Neptune, wrinkled whelk, ribbed Neptune, inflated whelk, lyre whelk or lyre Neptune, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae. This species consists of several subspecies.
The New England Neptune (Neptunea lyrata decemcostata) was declared the state seashell of Massachusetts in 1987.
Neptunea lyrata occurs in the Western Atlantic Ocean.
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