Neptunea ithia

Neptunea ithia is a species of large sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.^[1]

Neptunea
Apertural view of a shell of Neptunea ithia, the operculum glued in place on cotton. From British Columbia, Canada.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Buccinidae
Genus:	Neptunea
Species:	N. ithia
Binomial name
Neptunea ithia Dall, 1891