Neptunea
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Neptunea is a genus
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 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 alabaster
    Neptunea alabaster
    Neptunea alabaster is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....

    Alexeyev & Fraussen, 2005
  • Neptunea alexeyevi
    Neptunea alexeyevi
    Neptunea 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 antiqua
    Neptunea antiqua
    Neptunea 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 arthritica
    Neptunea arthritica
    Neptunea arthritica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....

    (Bernardi, 1857)
  • Neptunea aurigena
    Neptunea aurigena
    Neptunea 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 borealis
    Neptunea borealis
    Neptunea 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 communis
    Neptunea communis
    Neptunea 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 contraria
    Neptunea contraria
    Neptunea 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 cuspidis
    Neptunea cuspidis
    Neptunea cuspidis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....

    Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
  • Neptunea cybaea
    Neptunea cybaea
    Neptunea 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 despecta
    Neptunea 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 gyroscopoides
    Neptunea gyroscopoides
    Neptunea gyroscopoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....

    Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
  • Neptunea hedychra
    Neptunea hedychra
    Neptunea hedychra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....

    Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
  • Neptunea heros
    Neptunea heros
    Neptunea 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 hesperica
    Neptunea hesperica
    Neptunea hesperica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....

    Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
  • Neptunea hiberna
    Neptunea hiberna
    Neptunea 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 lyrata
    Neptunea lyrata
    Neptunea 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 magnanimita
    Neptunea magnanimita
    Neptunea 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 nodositella
    Neptunea nodositella
    Neptunea nodositella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....

    Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
  • Neptunea occaecata
    Neptunea occaecata
    Neptunea 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 polycostata
    Neptunea polycostata
    Neptunea 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 pribiloffensis
    Neptunea pribiloffensis
    Neptunea 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 umbratica
    Neptunea umbratica
    Neptunea 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 ventricosa
    Neptunea ventricosa
    Neptunea 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 Trophonopsis
    Trophonopsis
    Trophonopsis 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 lasius
    Scabrotrophon lasius
    Scabrotrophon 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 apolyonis
    Boreotrophon apolyonis
    Boreotrophon 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 caelata
    Retimohnia caelata
    Retimohnia 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 avalonensis
    Boreotrophon avalonensis
    Boreotrophon 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 danielsseni
    Mohnia danielsseni
    Mohnia 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 despecta
    Neptunea 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 succincta
    Gelagna succincta
    Gelagna 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 fenestratus
    Turrisipho fenestratus
    Turrisipho 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 elegantulus
    Boreotrophon elegantulus
    Boreotrophon 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 sabini
    Colus sabini
    Colus 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 alaskanus
    Boreotrophon alaskanus
    Boreotrophon 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 magellanicus
    Fusitriton magellanicus
    Fusitriton 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 fenestratus
    Turrisipho fenestratus
    Turrisipho 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 bentleyi
    Boreotrophon bentleyi
    Boreotrophon 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 tolomius
    Boreotrophon tolomius
    Boreotrophon 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 angulata
    Neptunea 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...



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