Neptunea
Genus of gastropods
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Apertural view of a shell of Neptunea ithia, the operculum glued in place on cotton | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Buccinidae |
Genus: | Neptunea Röding, 1798 |
Type species | |
Murex antiquus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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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
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- Neptunea bulbacea
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- Neptunea vladivostokensis
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- Neptunea beringiana (apertural)
- Neptunea communis (apertural)
- Neptunea communis (dorsal)
- Neptunea despecta (apertural)
- Neptunea despecta (dorsal)
- Neptunea ithia (apertural)
- Neptunea laticostata (apertural)
- Neptunea laticostata (dorsal)
- Neptunea lyrata (apertural)
- Neptunea lyrata (dorsal)
- Neptunea pribiloffensis (apertural)
- Neptunea pribiloffensis (dorsal)
- Neptunea tabulata (apertural)
- Neptunea tabulata (dorsal)
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References
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- ^ a b "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