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

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Neptunea
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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
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Species

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

  • Neptunea acutispiralis Okutani, 1968
  • Neptunea alabaster Alexeyev & Fraussen, 2005
  • Neptunea alexeyevi Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
  • Neptunea amianta (Dall, 1890)
  • Neptunea angulata Harmer, 1914 †
  • Neptunea antarctocostata Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 †
  • Neptunea antiqua (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Neptunea arthritica (Valenciennes, 1858)
  • Neptunea aurigena Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
  • Neptunea behringiana (Middendorff, 1848)
  • Neptunea borealis (R. A. Philippi, 1850)
  • Neptunea bulbacea (Valenciennes, 1858)
  • Neptunea communis (Middendorff, 1849)
  • Neptunea constricta (Dall, 1907)
  • Neptunea contraria (Linnaeus, 1771)
  • Neptunea convexa Goryachev, 1978
  • Neptunea costaria Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
  • Neptunea cumingii Crosse, 1862
  • Neptunea cuspidis Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
  • Neptunea cybaea Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
  • Neptunea decemcostata (Say, 1826)
  • Neptunea denselirata Brøgger, 1901
  • Neptunea despecta (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Neptunea elegantula Ito & Habe, 1965
  • Neptunea ennae Sakurai & Tiba, 1969
  • Neptunea eulimata (Dall, 1907)
  • Neptunea excelsior Fraussen & Terryn, 2017
  • Neptunea fitchi (R. N. Clark, 2022)
  • Neptunea flatteryensis R. N. Clark, 2022
  • Neptunea frater (Pilsbry, 1901)
  • Neptunea fukueae Kira, 1959
  • Neptunea gulbini Goryachev & Kantor, 1983
  • Neptunea gyroscopoides Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
  • Neptunea hedychra Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
  • Neptunea heros (Gray, 1850)
  • Neptunea hesperica Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
  • Neptunea hiberna Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
  • Neptunea humboldtiana A. G. Smith, 1971
  • Neptunea insularis (Dall, 1895)
  • Neptunea intersculpta (G. B. Sowerby III, 1899)
  • Neptunea inversa Harmer, 1918 †
  • Neptunea ithia (Dall, 1891)
  • Neptunea jagudinae Goryachev & Kantor, 1983
  • Neptunea kuroshio Oyama, 1959
  • Neptunea laeva Golikov, Goryachev & Kantor, 1987
  • Neptunea lamellosa Golikov, 1962
  • Neptunea laticostata Golikov, 1962
  • Neptunea lyrata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Neptunea lyratodespecta Strauch, 1972 †
  • Neptunea magnanimita Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
  • Neptunea mcleani R. N. Clark, 2020
  • Neptunea meridionalis A. G. Smith, 1971
  • Neptunea middendorffiana MacGinitie, 1959
  • Neptunea mikawaensis T. Nakano, Kurihara, Miyoshi & Higuchi, 2010
  • Neptunea multistriata (Aurivillius, 1885)
  • Neptunea nivea Okutani, 1981
  • Neptunea nodositella Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
  • Neptunea occaecata Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
  • Neptunea ochotensis Golikov, 1962
  • Neptunea oncodes (Dall, 1907)
  • Neptunea phoenicea (Dall, 1891)
  • Neptunea polycostata Scarlato, 1955
  • Neptunea pribiloffensis (Dall, 1919)
  • Neptunea purpurea Tiba, 1983
  • Neptunea robusta Okutani, 1964
  • Neptunea rugosa Golikov, 1962
  • Neptunea smirnia (Dall, 1919)
  • Neptunea stilesi A. G. Smith, 1968
  • Neptunea stonei (Pilsbry, 1892) †
  • Neptunea subdilatata (Yen, 1936)
  • Neptunea tabulata (Baird, 1863)
  • Neptunea tuberculata (Yokoyama, 1929)
  • Neptunea umbratica Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
  • Neptunea varicifera (Dall, 1907)
  • Neptunea ventricosa (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Neptunea vinlandica Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
  • Neptunea vinosa (Dall, 1919)
  • Neptunea vladivostokensis (Bartsch, 1929)
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)
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Neptunea despecta

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