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

Neptunea
Apertural view of a shell of Neptunea ithia, the operculum glued in place on cotton
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Synonyms[1]
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  • 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

Species

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

Species brought into synonymy
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Neptunea despecta

References

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  1. ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Neptunea Röding, 1798". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  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
  • 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