Neptunea despecta Linnaeus 1758 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative combinations: Murex despectus, Trophon antiquus despectus

Belongs to Neptunea according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Richards 1962 and Wood 1882

Sister taxa: Neptunea (Neptunea), Neptunea (Sulcosipho), Neptunea (Trophonopsis), Neptunea alaquaensis, Neptunea altispira, Neptunea cretacea, Neptunea gracilis, Neptunea humerosa, Neptunea lyrata, Neptunea modestoidea, Neptunea stonei

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (5: Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Quebec collections), Greenland (2), United States (4: Maine)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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