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 <small>Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882</small>
- Neptunea (Trophonopsis) lasia <small>Dall, 1919</small>: synonym of Scabrotrophon lasius <small>(Dall, 1919)</small>
- Neptunea apolyonis <small>Dall, 1919</small>: synonym of Boreotrophon apolyonis <small>(Dall, 1919)</small>
- Neptunea arthritica <small>(Bernardi, 1857)</small>: synonym of Barbitonia arthritica <small>(Valenciennes, 1858)</small>
- Neptunea beringi <small>(Dall, 1902)</small>: synonym of Boreotrophon clathratus <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small>
- Neptunea berniciensis <small>(King, 1846)</small>: synonym of Troschelia berniciensis <small>(King, 1846)</small>
- Neptunea bonaespei <small>Barnard, 1963</small>: synonym of Buccipagoda bonaespei <small>(Barnard, 1963)</small>
- Neptunea brevicauda <small>(Deshayes, 1832)</small>: synonym of Aulacofusus brevicauda <small>(Deshayes, 1832)</small>
- Neptunea caelata <small>Verrill, 1880</small>: synonym of Retimohnia caelata <small>(Verrill & Smith in Verrill, 1880)</small>
- Neptunea callicerata <small>Dall, 1919</small>: synonym of Boreotrophon avalonensis <small>Dall, 1902</small>
- Neptunea cincta <small>Link, 1807</small>: synonym of Filifusus filamentosus <small>(Röding, 1798)</small>
- Neptunea dalli <small>Friele, 1882</small>: synonym of Granulifusus dalli <small>(Watson, 1882)</small>
- Neptunea danielsseni <small>(Friele, 1879)</small>: synonym of Mohnia danielsseni <small>(Friele, 1879)</small>
- Neptunea denselirata <small>Brögger, 1901</small>: synonym of Neptunea despecta <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Neptunea doliata <small>Röding, 1798</small>: synonym of Gelagna succincta <small>(Linnaeus, 1771)</small>
- Neptunea ecaudata <small>Link, 1807</small>: synonym of Latirus gibbulus <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
- Neptunea ecaudis <small>Locard, 1897</small>: synonym of Turrisipho fenestratus <small>(Turton, 1834)</small>
- Neptunea elegantula <small>Dall, 1907</small>: synonym of Boreotrophon elegantulus <small>(Dall, 1907)</small>
- Neptunea fasciata <small>Jaeckel, 1952</small>: synonym of Neptunea despecta <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Neptunea hanseni <small>Friele, 1879</small>: synonym of Colus sabini <small>(Gray, 1824)</small>
- Neptunea ithitoma <small>Dall, 1919</small>: synonym of Boreotrophon alaskanus <small>Dall, 1902</small>
- Neptunea kotakamaruae <small>Ito & Habe, 1965</small>: synonym of Neptunea elegantula <small>Ito & Habe, 1965</small>
- Neptunea lachesis <small>(Mörch, 1869)</small>: synonym of Turrisipho lachesis <small>(Mörch, 1869)</small>
- Neptunea laevigata <small>Link, 1807</small>: synonym of Fasciolaria tulipa <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Neptunea lurida <small>A. Adams, 1863</small>: synonym of Barbitonia arthritica <small>(Valenciennes, 1858)</small>
- Neptunea magellanicus <small>Röding, 1798</small>: synonym of Fusitriton magellanicus <small>(Röding, 1798)</small>
- Neptunea middendorffiana <small>MacGinitie, 1959</small>: synonym of Neptunea heros <small>Gray, 1850</small>
- Neptunea minor <small>(Hirase, 1908)</small>: synonym of Neptunea kuroshio <small>Oyama in Kira, 1959</small>
- Neptunea oncoda <small>(Dall, 1907)</small>: synonym of Neptunea onchodes <small>(Dall, 1907)</small>
- Neptunea ossiania <small>Friele, 1879</small>: synonym of Beringius ossianius <small>(Friele, 1879)</small>
- Neptunea peregra <small>Locard, 1897</small>: synonym of Turrisipho fenestratus <small>(Turton, 1834)</small>
- Neptunea pertenuis <small>Sykes, 1911</small>: synonym of Retifusus latericeus <small>(Møller, 1842)</small>
- Neptunea pusilla <small>Röding, 1798</small>: synonym of Nassaria pusilla <small>(Röding, 1798)</small>
- Neptunea satura <small>(Martyn, 1784)</small>: synonym of Neptunea ventricosa <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
- Neptunea soluta <small>(Hermann, 1781)</small>: synonym of Buccinum undatum <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>
- Neptunea staphylina <small>Dall, 1919</small>: synonym of Boreotrophon bentleyi <small>Dall, 1908</small>
- Neptunea taeniata <small>(G.B. Sowerby II, 1880)</small>: synonym of Neptunea cumingii <small>Crosse, 1862</small>
- Neptunea terebralis <small>Gould, 1860</small>: synonym of Aulacofusus brevicauda <small>(Deshayes, 1832)</small>
- Neptunea tolomia <small>Dall, 1919</small>: synonym of Boreotrophon tolomius <small>(Dall, 1919)</small>
- Neptunea virgata <small>Friele, 1879</small>: synonym of Anomalisipho verkruezeni <small>(Kobelt, 1876)</small>
Gallery of shells
References
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . 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. 180âÂÂ213