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Neptunea lyrata (inflated whelk; lyre whelk)

Synonyms: Chrysodomus middendorffii; Fusus succinctus; Murex lyratus (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Infraspecies

Neptunea lyrata lyrata

Predators

Melanitta fusca deglandi (American white-winged scoter)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Winter feeding ecology and trophic relationships of Oldsquaws and White-winged Scoters on Kachemak Bay, Alaska, Gerald A. Sanger and Robert D. Jones, Jr., Canadian Wildlife Service, 1984
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0