Neptunea

Neptunea
	Apertural view of a shell of Neptunea ithia, the operculum glued in place on cotton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Buccinidae
Genus:	Neptunea; Röding, 1798
Type species
	Murex antiquus Linnaeus, 1758;
Synonyms
	List Barbitonia Dall, 1916; Buccinum (Neptunea); Chrysodomus Swainson, 1840; Chrysodomus (Barbitonia) Dall, 1916; Chrysodomus (Sulcosipho) Dall, 1916; Costaria Golikov, 1977; Fusus (Chrysodomus); Fusus (Neptunea) Röding, 1798; Golikovia Habe & Sato, 1973; Neptunea (Barbitonia) Dall, 1916; Neptunea (Golikovia) Habe & Sato, 1973; Neptunea (Neptunea) Röding, 1798; Neptunea (Sulcosipho) Dall, 1916; Neptunia Locard, 1886;

Neptunea is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Neptuneinae of the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.^[2]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Neptunea:^[1]

Neptunea acutispiralis Okutani, 1968
Neptunea alabaster Alexeyev & Fraussen, 2005
Neptunea alexeyevi Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
Neptunea amianta (Dall, 1890)
Neptunea angulata Harmer, 1914 †
Neptunea antarctocostata Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 †
Neptunea antiqua (Linnaeus, 1758)
Neptunea arthritica (Valenciennes, 1858)
Neptunea aurigena Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
Neptunea behringiana (Middendorff, 1848)
Neptunea borealis (R. A. Philippi, 1850)
Neptunea bulbacea (Valenciennes, 1858)
Neptunea communis (Middendorff, 1849)
Neptunea constricta (Dall, 1907)
Neptunea contraria (Linnaeus, 1771)
Neptunea convexa Goryachev, 1978
Neptunea costaria Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
Neptunea cumingii Crosse, 1862
Neptunea cuspidis Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
Neptunea cybaea Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
Neptunea decemcostata (Say, 1826)
Neptunea denselirata Brøgger, 1901
Neptunea despecta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Neptunea elegantula Ito & Habe, 1965
Neptunea ennae Sakurai & Tiba, 1969
Neptunea eulimata (Dall, 1907)
Neptunea excelsior Fraussen & Terryn, 2017
Neptunea fitchi (R. N. Clark, 2022)
Neptunea flatteryensis R. N. Clark, 2022
Neptunea frater (Pilsbry, 1901)
Neptunea fukueae Kira, 1959
Neptunea gulbini Goryachev & Kantor, 1983
Neptunea gyroscopoides Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
Neptunea hedychra Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
Neptunea heros (Gray, 1850)
Neptunea hesperica Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
Neptunea hiberna Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
Neptunea humboldtiana A. G. Smith, 1971
Neptunea insularis (Dall, 1895)
Neptunea intersculpta (G. B. Sowerby III, 1899)
Neptunea inversa Harmer, 1918 †
Neptunea ithia (Dall, 1891)
Neptunea jagudinae Goryachev & Kantor, 1983
Neptunea kuroshio Oyama, 1959
Neptunea laeva Golikov, Goryachev & Kantor, 1987
Neptunea lamellosa Golikov, 1962
Neptunea laticostata Golikov, 1962
Neptunea lyrata (Gmelin, 1791)
Neptunea lyratodespecta Strauch, 1972 †
Neptunea magnanimita Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
Neptunea mcleani R. N. Clark, 2020
Neptunea meridionalis A. G. Smith, 1971
Neptunea middendorffiana MacGinitie, 1959
Neptunea mikawaensis T. Nakano, Kurihara, Miyoshi & Higuchi, 2010
Neptunea multistriata (Aurivillius, 1885)
Neptunea nivea Okutani, 1981
Neptunea nodositella Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
Neptunea occaecata Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
Neptunea ochotensis Golikov, 1962
Neptunea oncodes (Dall, 1907)
Neptunea phoenicea (Dall, 1891)
Neptunea polycostata Scarlato, 1955
Neptunea pribiloffensis (Dall, 1919)
Neptunea purpurea Tiba, 1983
Neptunea robusta Okutani, 1964
Neptunea rugosa Golikov, 1962
Neptunea smirnia (Dall, 1919)
Neptunea stilesi A. G. Smith, 1968
Neptunea stonei (Pilsbry, 1892) †
Neptunea subdilatata (Yen, 1936)
Neptunea tabulata (Baird, 1863)
Neptunea tuberculata (Yokoyama, 1929)
Neptunea umbratica Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
Neptunea varicifera (Dall, 1907)
Neptunea ventricosa (Gmelin, 1791)
Neptunea vinlandica Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
Neptunea vinosa (Dall, 1919)
Neptunea vladivostokensis (Bartsch, 1929)

Species brought into synonymy

Neptunea (Trophonopsis): synonym of Trophonopsis Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
Neptunea (Trophonopsis) lasia Dall, 1919: synonym of Scabrotrophon lasius (Dall, 1919)
Neptunea apolyonis Dall, 1919: synonym of Boreotrophon apolyonis (Dall, 1919)
Neptunea arthritica (Bernardi, 1857): synonym of Barbitonia arthritica (Valenciennes, 1858)
Neptunea beringi (Dall, 1902): synonym of Boreotrophon clathratus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Neptunea berniciensis (King, 1846): synonym of Troschelia berniciensis (King, 1846)
Neptunea bonaespei Barnard, 1963: synonym of Buccipagoda bonaespei (Barnard, 1963)
Neptunea brevicauda (Deshayes, 1832): synonym of Aulacofusus brevicauda (Deshayes, 1832)
Neptunea caelata Verrill, 1880: synonym of Retimohnia caelata (Verrill & Smith in Verrill, 1880)
Neptunea callicerata Dall, 1919: synonym of Boreotrophon avalonensis Dall, 1902
Neptunea cincta Link, 1807: synonym of Filifusus filamentosus (Röding, 1798)
Neptunea dalli Friele, 1882: synonym of Granulifusus dalli (Watson, 1882)
Neptunea danielsseni (Friele, 1879): synonym of Mohnia danielsseni (Friele, 1879)
Neptunea denselirata Brögger, 1901: synonym of Neptunea despecta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Neptunea doliata Röding, 1798: synonym of Gelagna succincta (Linnaeus, 1771)
Neptunea ecaudata Link, 1807: synonym of Latirus gibbulus (Gmelin, 1791)
Neptunea ecaudis Locard, 1897: synonym of Turrisipho fenestratus (Turton, 1834)
Neptunea elegantula Dall, 1907: synonym of Boreotrophon elegantulus (Dall, 1907)
Neptunea fasciata Jaeckel, 1952: synonym of Neptunea despecta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Neptunea hanseni Friele, 1879: synonym of Colus sabini (Gray, 1824)
Neptunea ithitoma Dall, 1919: synonym of Boreotrophon alaskanus Dall, 1902
Neptunea kotakamaruae Ito & Habe, 1965: synonym of Neptunea elegantula Ito & Habe, 1965
Neptunea lachesis (Mörch, 1869): synonym of Turrisipho lachesis (Mörch, 1869)
Neptunea laevigata Link, 1807: synonym of Fasciolaria tulipa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Neptunea lurida A. Adams, 1863: synonym of Barbitonia arthritica (Valenciennes, 1858)
Neptunea magellanicus Röding, 1798: synonym of Fusitriton magellanicus (Röding, 1798)
Neptunea middendorffiana MacGinitie, 1959: synonym of Neptunea heros Gray, 1850
Neptunea minor (Hirase, 1908): synonym of Neptunea kuroshio Oyama in Kira, 1959
Neptunea oncoda (Dall, 1907): synonym of Neptunea onchodes (Dall, 1907)
Neptunea ossiania Friele, 1879: synonym of Beringius ossianius (Friele, 1879)
Neptunea peregra Locard, 1897: synonym of Turrisipho fenestratus (Turton, 1834)
Neptunea pertenuis Sykes, 1911: synonym of Retifusus latericeus (Møller, 1842)
Neptunea pusilla Röding, 1798: synonym of Nassaria pusilla (Röding, 1798)
Neptunea satura (Martyn, 1784): synonym of Neptunea ventricosa (Gmelin, 1791)
Neptunea soluta (Hermann, 1781): synonym of Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758
Neptunea staphylina Dall, 1919: synonym of Boreotrophon bentleyi Dall, 1908
Neptunea taeniata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1880): synonym of Neptunea cumingii Crosse, 1862
Neptunea terebralis Gould, 1860: synonym of Aulacofusus brevicauda (Deshayes, 1832)
Neptunea tolomia Dall, 1919: synonym of Boreotrophon tolomius (Dall, 1919)
Neptunea virgata Friele, 1879: synonym of Anomalisipho verkruezeni (Kobelt, 1876)

Gallery of shells

References

1 2 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Neptunea Röding, 1798". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
↑ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Neptunea Röding, 1798. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137710 on 2010-11-02

Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

[:0-1] 1 2 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Neptunea Röding, 1798". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-07-05.

[WoRMS-2] Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Neptunea Röding, 1798. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137710 on 2010-11-02

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Authority control databases
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Species

Gallery of shells

References