Neptunea

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Neptunea
Neptunea ithia 003.jpg
Apertural view of a shell of Neptunea ithia, the operculum glued in place on cotton
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Neptunea
Röding, 1798
Type species
Murex antiquus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]
  • Barbitonia Dall, 1916
  • Buccinum (Neptunea)
  • Chrysodomus Swainson, 1840
  • Chrysodomus (Barbitonia) Dall, 1916
  • Chrysodomus (Sulcosipho) Dall, 1916
  • Costaria Golikov, 1977
  • Fusus (Chrysodomus)
  • Fusus (Neptunea)
  • Golikovia Habe & Sato, 1973
  • Neptunea (Barbitonia) Dall, 1916· accepted, alternate representation
  • Neptunea (Golikovia) Habe & Sato, 1973· accepted, alternate representation
  • Neptunea (Neptunea) Röding, 1798· accepted, alternate representation
  • Neptunia Locard, 1886 (Unjustified emendation)

Neptunea is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily of the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Species[]

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
  • 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 (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 (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 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 Oyama in Kira, 1959
  • Neptunea oncoda (Dall, 1907): synonym of (Dall, 1907)
  • Neptunea ossiania Friele, 1879: synonym of (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 (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 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)
Neptunea despecta

References[]

  1. ^ a b c 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

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