Neptunea
genus of gastropods
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
References
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.
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