†''Neptunea angulata'' is an extinct

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of large

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sea snail, a

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gastropod

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in the family

Buccinidae The Buccinidae are a very large and diverse taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks or true whelks.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Buccinidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. A ...

. There is some confusion concerning the nomenclature (the naming) of this extinct taxon. The species was formerly known as '' Neptunea contraria''. This is, however, the name of a modern extant species, and therefore the two names are ''not'' synonyms. This has been clarified by Nelson & Pain, 1986.Nelson, C.M. & Pain, T. (1986) Linnaeus' Neptunea (Mollusca: Gastropoda). ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society'', 88: 291-305. Neptunea contraria

Distribution

References

Buccinidae Gastropods described in 1848 {{Buccinidae-stub