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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNeptuneopsis Sowerby III, 1898 
AphiaID: 382282

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMollusca (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGastropoda (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaenogastropoda (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNeogastropoda (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMuricoidea (Superfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVolutidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCalliotectinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNeptuneopsis gilchristi Sowerby III, 1898 (type by monotypy)
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCalliotectinae Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
Source  basis of record Bail P. & Poppe G.T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS) [details]

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[show all]		 Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNeptuneopsis gilchristi Sowerby III, 1898
Environment marine
Notes 
From editor or global species database
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDiagnosis Radula with vestigial lateral teeth. Protoconch large, bulbous, with a pronounced calcarella. [details]

Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDistribution Restricted to South African waters. [details]
ImageChecked: verified by a taxonomic editor 
Neptuneopsis gilchristi
Neptuneopsis gilchristi
[image from typetaxon]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382282
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2009-02-04 09:03:51Z  created  Bail, Patrice
2011-10-15 11:20:42Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
2012-07-04 18:46:28Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P.; Bail, P. (2014). Neptuneopsis Sowerby III, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382282 on 2014-07-30
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