Neptunea
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Neptunea is a genus
of large sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae
, the true whelks.
(WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Neptunea :
Species brought into synonymy :
Extinct species :
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of large sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
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gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae
Buccinidae
Buccinidae is a very large and diverse taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks or true whelks.True whelks are mostly marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda...
, the true whelks.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine SpeciesWorld Register of Marine Species
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(WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Neptunea :
- Neptunea acutispiralis Okutani, 1968
- Neptunea aino Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
- Neptunea alabasterNeptunea alabasterNeptunea alabaster is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
Alexeyev & Fraussen, 2005 - Neptunea alexeyeviNeptunea alexeyeviNeptunea alexeyevi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
Fraussen & Terryn, 2007 - Neptunea amianta (Dall, 1890)
- Neptunea antiquaNeptunea antiquaNeptunea antiqua, common name the red whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Neptunea arthriticaNeptunea arthriticaNeptunea arthritica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
(Bernardi, 1857) - Neptunea aurigenaNeptunea aurigenaNeptunea aurigena is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
Fraussen & Terry, 2007 - Neptunea beringiana (Middendorff, 1848)
- Neptunea borealisNeptunea borealisNeptunea borealis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
(Philippi, 1850) - Neptunea bulbacea (Valenciennes, 1858)
- Neptunea communisNeptunea communisNeptunea communis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.-External links:*...
- Neptunea constricta (Dall, 1907)
- Neptunea contrariaNeptunea contrariaNeptunea contraria is a left-handed species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.-External links:*...
(Linnaeus, 1771) - Neptunea convexa Goryachev, 1978
- Neptunea costaria Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
- Neptunea costaria Goryachev, 1978
- Neptunea cumingii Crosse, 1862
- Neptunea cuspidisNeptunea cuspidisNeptunea cuspidis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
Fraussen & Terryn, 2007 - Neptunea cybaeaNeptunea cybaeaNeptunea cybaea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
Fraussen & Terryn, 2007 - Neptunea decemcostata (Say, 1826)
- Neptunea despectaNeptunea despecta†Neptunea despecta is an extinct species of large fossil sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae.-References:* gastropods.com info: * ITIS info:...
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Neptunea elegantula Ito & Habe, 1965
- Neptunea ennae Sakurai & Chiba, 1969
- Neptunea eulimata (Dall, 1907)
- Neptunea frater (Pilsbry, 1901)
- Neptunea fukueae Kuroda in Kira, 1955
- Neptunea gulbini Goryachev & Kantor, 1983
- Neptunea gyroscopoidesNeptunea gyroscopoidesNeptunea gyroscopoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
Fraussen & Terryn, 2007 - Neptunea hedychraNeptunea hedychraNeptunea hedychra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
Fraussen & Terryn, 2007 - Neptunea herosNeptunea herosNeptunea heros, common name : the heros neptune, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.-Description:The soze of an adult shell varies between 60 mm and 175 mm.-Distribution:...
Gray, 1850 - Neptunea hespericaNeptunea hespericaNeptunea hesperica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
Fraussen & Terryn, 2007 - Neptunea hibernaNeptunea hibernaNeptunea hiberna is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
Fraussen & Terryn, 2007 - Neptunea humboltiana Smith, 1971
- Neptunea insularis (Dall, 1895)
- Neptunea intersculpta (G.B. Sowerby, 1899)
- Neptunea ithia (Dall, 1891)
- Neptunea jagudinae Goryachev & Kantor, 1983
- Neptunea kuroshio Oyama in Kira, 1959
- Neptunea laeva Golikov, Goryachev & Kantor, 1987
- Neptunea lamellosa Golikov, 1962
- Neptunea laticostata Golikov, 1962
- Neptunea lyrataNeptunea lyrataNeptunea lyrata, common name ribbed neptune, inflated whelk or lyre neptune, is a species of large sea snail, a fossil marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae....
Gmelin, 1791 - Neptunea magnanimitaNeptunea magnanimitaNeptunea magnanimita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
Fraussen & Terryn, 2007 - Neptunea meridionalis Smith, 1971
- Neptunea multistriata (Aurivillius, 1885)
- Neptunea nivea Okutani, 1981
- Neptunea nodositellaNeptunea nodositellaNeptunea nodositella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
Fraussen & Terryn, 2007 - Neptunea occaecataNeptunea occaecataNeptunea occaecata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
Fraussen & Terryn, 2007 - Neptunea ochotensis Golikov, 1962
- Neptunea oncoda (Dall, 1907)
- Neptunea polycostataNeptunea polycostataNeptunea polycostata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
Scarlato in Galkin et Scarlato, 1955 - Neptunea pribiloffensisNeptunea pribiloffensisNeptunea pribiloffensis, common name the Pribilof whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
(Dall, 1919) - Neptunea purpurea Tiba, 1983
- Neptunea robusta Okutani, 1964
- Neptunea rugosa Golikov, 1962
- Neptunea smirnia (Dall, 1919)
- Neptunea stilesi Smith, 1968
- Neptunea subdilatata (Yen, 1936)
- Neptunea tabulata (Baird, 1863)
- Neptunea tuberculata (Yokoyama, 1929)
- Neptunea umbraticaNeptunea umbraticaNeptunea umbratica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
Fraussen & Terryn, 2007 - Neptunea varicifera (Dall, 1907)
- Neptunea ventricosaNeptunea ventricosaNeptunea ventricosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
(Gmelin, 1791) - Neptunea vinlandica Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
- Neptunea vinosa (Dall, 1919)
- Neptunea vladivostokensis (Bartsch, 1929)
Species brought into synonymy :
- Neptunea (Trophonopsis) : synonym of TrophonopsisTrophonopsisTrophonopsis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.-Species:Species within the genus Trophonopsis include:* Trophonopsis aberrans...
Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882 - Neptunea (Trophonopsis) lasia Dall, 1919 : synonym of Scabrotrophon lasiusScabrotrophon lasiusScabrotrophon lasius is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Dall, 1919) - Neptunea apolyonis Dall, 1919 : synonym of Boreotrophon apolyonisBoreotrophon apolyonisBoreotrophon apolyonis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Dall, 1919) - Neptunea brevicauda (Deshayes, 1832) : synonym of Aulacofusus brevicauda (Deshayes, 1832)
- Neptunea caelata Verrill, 1880 : synonym of Retimohnia caelataRetimohnia caelataRetimohnia caelata, common name : the plump whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.-Description:The shell size varies between 10 mm and 27 mm-Distribution:...
(Verrill & Smith in Verrill, 1880) - Neptunea callicerata Dall, 1919 : synonym of Boreotrophon avalonensisBoreotrophon avalonensisBoreotrophon avalonensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
Dall, 1902 - Neptunea danielsseni (Friele, 1879) : synonym of Mohnia danielsseniMohnia danielsseniMohnia danielsseni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
(Friele, 1879) - Neptunea denselirata Brögger, 1901: synonym of Neptunea despectaNeptunea despecta†Neptunea despecta is an extinct species of large fossil sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae.-References:* gastropods.com info: * ITIS info:...
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Neptunea doliata Röding, 1798 : synonym of Gelagna succinctaGelagna succinctaGelagna succincta, common name the lesser girdled triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.-Distribution:...
(Linnaeus, 1771) - Neptunea ecaudis Locard, 1897 : synonym of Turrisipho fenestratusTurrisipho fenestratusTurrisipho fenestratus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
(Turton, 1834) - Neptunea elegantulus Dall, 1907 : synonym of Boreotrophon elegantulusBoreotrophon elegantulusBoreotrophon elegantulus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Dall, 1907) - Neptunea hanseni Friele, 1879 : synonym of Colus sabiniColus sabiniColus sabini is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
(Gray, 1824) - Neptunea ithitoma Dall, 1919 : synonym of Boreotrophon alaskanusBoreotrophon alaskanusBoreotrophon alaskanus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.-Description:...
Dall, 1902 - Neptunea magellanicus Röding, 1798 : synonym of Fusitriton magellanicusFusitriton magellanicusFusitriton magellanicus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons....
(Röding, 1798) - Neptunea middendorffiana MacGinitie, 1959 : synonym of Neptunea heros Gray, 1850
- Neptunea ossiania Friele, 1879 : synonym of Beringius ossianius (Friele, 1879)
- Neptunea peregra Locard, 1897 : synonym of Turrisipho fenestratusTurrisipho fenestratusTurrisipho fenestratus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
(Turton, 1834) - Neptunea staphylina Dall, 1919 : synonym of Boreotrophon bentleyiBoreotrophon bentleyiBoreotrophon bentleyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
Dall, 1908 - Neptunea tolomia Dall, 1919 : synonym of Boreotrophon tolomiusBoreotrophon tolomiusBoreotrophon tolomius is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Dall, 1919) - Neptunea virgata Friele, 1879 : synonym of Anomalisipho verkruezeni (Kobelt, 1876)
Extinct species :
- Neptunea angulataNeptunea angulata†Neptunea angulata is an extinct species of large fossil sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae.There is some confusion concerning the nomenclature of this extinct taxon. The species was formerly known as Neptunea contraria. This is, however, the name of a modern extant...