Neptunea contraria

Neptunea contraria is a left-handed species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.^[1]

Neptunea contraria
Shell of Neptunea contraria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Buccinidae
Genus:	Neptunea
Species:	N. contraria
Binomial name
Neptunea contraria (Linnaeus, 1771)
Synonyms[1]
Fusus perversus Kiener, 1840 Fusus sinistrorsus Deshayes, 1832 Murex contrarius Linnaeus, 1771 Tritonium antiquum var. contrarium (Linnaeus, 1771)

Description

The length of the shell attains 100.9 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily. It habitats a wide range of depths, from around 100 to 800 meters deep.^[1]