Neptunea smirnia
Neptunea smirnia, the chocolate whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks. It was first described to science by William Healey Dall in 1919. The type specimen was collected from the Strait of Juan de Fuca in 114 fathoms of water.

"Neptunea smirnia" fossils have been identified in Pliocene epoch deposits, suggesting that this species is at least 2.5 million years old.
Q7432
species
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sea snail
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gastropod
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mollusk
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family
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Buccinidae
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William Healey Dall
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type specimen
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Strait of Juan de Fuca
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Pliocene epoch
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Neptunea smirnia
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Neptunea smirnia
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1919
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