Neptunea
{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
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|taxon= Neptunea
|authority=Röding, 1798
|type_species= Murex antiquus Linnaeus, 1758
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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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Neptunea is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Neptuneinae of the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.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
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Neptunea:{{Cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Neptunea Röding, 1798 |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137710 |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=www.marinespecies.org}}
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- Neptunea acutispiralis {{small|Okutani, 1968}}
- Neptunea alabaster {{small|Alexeyev & Fraussen, 2005}}
- Neptunea alexeyevi {{small|Fraussen & Terryn, 2007}}
- Neptunea amianta {{small|(Dall, 1890)}}
- Neptunea angulata {{small|Harmer, 1914 †}}
- Neptunea antarctocostata {{small|Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 †}}
- Neptunea antiqua {{small|(Linnaeus, 1758)}}
- Neptunea arthritica {{small|(Valenciennes, 1858)}}
- Neptunea aurigena {{small|Fraussen & Terryn, 2007}}
- Neptunea behringiana {{small|(Middendorff, 1848)}}
- Neptunea borealis {{small|(R. A. Philippi, 1850)}}
- Neptunea bulbacea {{small|(Valenciennes, 1858)}}
- Neptunea communis {{small|(Middendorff, 1849)}}
- Neptunea constricta {{small|(Dall, 1907)}}
- Neptunea contraria {{small|(Linnaeus, 1771)}}
- Neptunea convexa {{small|Goryachev, 1978}}
- Neptunea costaria {{small|Fraussen & Terryn, 2007}}
- Neptunea cumingii {{small|Crosse, 1862}}
- Neptunea cuspidis {{small|Fraussen & Terryn, 2007}}
- Neptunea cybaea {{small|Fraussen & Terryn, 2007}}
- Neptunea decemcostata {{small|(Say, 1826)}}
- Neptunea denselirata {{small|Brøgger, 1901}}
- Neptunea despecta {{small|(Linnaeus, 1758)}}
- Neptunea elegantula {{small|Ito & Habe, 1965}}
- Neptunea ennae {{small|Sakurai & Tiba, 1969}}
- Neptunea eulimata {{small|(Dall, 1907)}}
- Neptunea excelsior {{small|Fraussen & Terryn, 2017}}
- Neptunea fitchi {{small|(R. N. Clark, 2022)}}
- Neptunea flatteryensis {{small|R. N. Clark, 2022}}
- Neptunea frater {{small|(Pilsbry, 1901)}}
- Neptunea fukueae {{small|Kira, 1959}}
- Neptunea gulbini {{small|Goryachev & Kantor, 1983}}
- Neptunea gyroscopoides {{small|Fraussen & Terryn, 2007}}
- Neptunea hedychra {{small|Fraussen & Terryn, 2007}}
- Neptunea heros {{small|(Gray, 1850)}}
- Neptunea hesperica {{small|Fraussen & Terryn, 2007}}
- Neptunea hiberna {{small|Fraussen & Terryn, 2007}}
- Neptunea humboldtiana {{small|A. G. Smith, 1971}}
- Neptunea insularis {{small|(Dall, 1895)}}
- Neptunea intersculpta {{small|(G. B. Sowerby III, 1899)}}
- Neptunea inversa {{small|Harmer, 1918 †}}
- Neptunea ithia {{small|(Dall, 1891)}}
- Neptunea jagudinae {{small|Goryachev & Kantor, 1983}}
- Neptunea kuroshio {{small|Oyama, 1959}}
- Neptunea laeva {{small|Golikov, Goryachev & Kantor, 1987}}
- Neptunea lamellosa {{small|Golikov, 1962}}
- Neptunea laticostata {{small|Golikov, 1962}}
- Neptunea lyrata {{small|(Gmelin, 1791)}}
- Neptunea lyratodespecta {{small|Strauch, 1972 †}}
- Neptunea magnanimita {{small|Fraussen & Terryn, 2007}}
- Neptunea mcleani {{small|R. N. Clark, 2020}}
- Neptunea meridionalis {{small|A. G. Smith, 1971}}
- Neptunea middendorffiana {{small|MacGinitie, 1959}}
- Neptunea mikawaensis {{small|T. Nakano, Kurihara, Miyoshi & Higuchi, 2010}}
- Neptunea multistriata {{small|(Aurivillius, 1885)}}
- Neptunea nivea {{small|Okutani, 1981}}
- Neptunea nodositella {{small|Fraussen & Terryn, 2007}}
- Neptunea occaecata {{small|Fraussen & Terryn, 2007}}
- Neptunea ochotensis {{small|Golikov, 1962}}
- Neptunea oncodes {{small|(Dall, 1907)}}
- Neptunea phoenicea {{small|(Dall, 1891)}}
- Neptunea polycostata {{small|Scarlato, 1955}}
- Neptunea pribiloffensis {{small|(Dall, 1919)}}
- Neptunea purpurea {{small|Tiba, 1983}}
- Neptunea robusta {{small|Okutani, 1964}}
- Neptunea rugosa {{small|Golikov, 1962}}
- Neptunea smirnia {{small|(Dall, 1919)}}
- Neptunea stilesi {{small|A. G. Smith, 1968}}
- Neptunea stonei {{small|(Pilsbry, 1892) †}}
- Neptunea subdilatata {{small|(Yen, 1936)}}
- Neptunea tabulata {{small|(Baird, 1863)}}
- Neptunea tuberculata {{small|(Yokoyama, 1929)}}
- Neptunea umbratica {{small|Fraussen & Terryn, 2007}}
- Neptunea varicifera {{small|(Dall, 1907)}}
- Neptunea ventricosa {{small|(Gmelin, 1791)}}
- Neptunea vinlandica {{small|Fraussen & Terryn, 2007}}
- Neptunea vinosa {{small|(Dall, 1919)}}
- Neptunea vladivostokensis {{small|(Bartsch, 1929)}}
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;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
File:Neptunea angulata 01.jpg|Neptunea angulata
File:Neptunea antiqua 01.JPG|Neptunea antiqua
File:Neptunea contraria 01.jpg|Neptunea contraria
File:Neptunea arthritica (MNHN-IM-2000-6471).jpeg|Neptunea arthritica
File:Neptunea bulbacea (MNHN-IM-2000-6464).jpeg|Neptunea bulbacea
File:Neptunea ventricosa (MNHN-IM-2000-6463).jpeg|Neptunea ventricosa
File:Neptunea vladivostokensis 238449.jpg|Neptunea vladivostokensis
File:Neptunea constricta.png|Neptunea constricta
File:Neptunea decemcostata (YPM IZ 034030).jpeg|Neptunea decemcostata
File:Neptunea beringiana 003.jpg|Neptunea beringiana (apertural)
File:Neptunea communis 002.jpg|Neptunea communis (apertural)
File:Neptunea communis 001.jpg|Neptunea communis (dorsal)
File:Neptunea despecta 004.jpg|Neptunea despecta (apertural)
File:Neptunea despecta 003.jpg|Neptunea despecta (dorsal)
File:Neptunea ithia 003.jpg|Neptunea ithia (apertural)
File:Neptunea laticostata 002.jpg|Neptunea laticostata (apertural)
File:Neptunea laticostata 001.jpg|Neptunea laticostata (dorsal)
File:Neptunea lyrata shell.jpg|Neptunea lyrata (apertural)
File:Neptunea lyrata shell 2.jpg|Neptunea lyrata (dorsal)
File:Neptunea pribiloffensis 002.jpg|Neptunea pribiloffensis (apertural)
File:Neptunea pribiloffensis (Pribiloff neptune snail) 1 (24909790875).jpg|Neptunea pribiloffensis (dorsal)
File:Neptunea tabulata (tabled neptune snail) 2 (24631896890).jpg|Neptunea tabulata (apertural)
File:Neptunea tabulata (tabled neptune snail) 1 (24300528653).jpg|Neptunea tabulata (dorsal)
References
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{{Reflist}}
- 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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