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.

Species

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

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 angulata
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  Neptunea antiqua
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  Neptunea contraria
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  Neptunea arthritica
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  Neptunea bulbacea
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  Neptunea ventricosa
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  Neptunea vladivostokensis
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  Neptunea constricta
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  Neptunea decemcostata
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  Neptunea beringiana (apertural)
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  Neptunea communis (apertural)
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  Neptunea communis (dorsal)
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  Neptunea despecta (apertural)
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  Neptunea despecta (dorsal)
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  Neptunea ithia (apertural)
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  Neptunea laticostata (apertural)
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  Neptunea laticostata (dorsal)
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  Neptunea lyrata (apertural)
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  Neptunea lyrata (dorsal)
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  Neptunea pribiloffensis (apertural)
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  Neptunea pribiloffensis (dorsal)
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  Neptunea tabulata (apertural)
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  Neptunea tabulata (dorsal)

References

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• 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