Neptunea arthritica explained

Neptunea arthritica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 75.4 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs off Japan and as an alien species in the Black Sea.

Toxicity

N. arthritica contains toxic tetramethylammonium salts (referred to as "tetramine" in this context) in its tissues, especially the salivary gland, and has the potential to cause human poisoning.^{[2] [3]}

References

• Shadrin, N.V., Mironov, S.S. & Golicov, A.N., 2002. A finding of the alive Neptunea arthritica (Bernardi, 1857) (Gastropoda, Buccinidae) in the Black Sea. Ekologiya Morya 62:29.

External links

• Valenciennes A. (1858) Note sur une suite intéressante de coquilles rapportées des mers du Japon, et de la Manche de Tartarie, par M. le Dr Barthe. Compte Rendu des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences [Paris] 46: 759-762]
• Adams, A. (1864). On the species of Fusidae which inhabit the seas of Japan. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Zoology. 7: 105-108.
• Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. BioInvasions Records. 1: 235-245
• Kantor Y.I. & Sysoev A.V. 2002. On the species of molluscs from Russian waters described by Achille Valenciennes in little known publications in 1858. Ruthenica, 12(2): 119–123

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Neptunea arthritica (Valenciennes, 1858). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196600 on 2021-09-20
2. M. Asano and M. Itoh (1960). "Salivary poison of a marine gastropod, Neptunea arthritica Bernardi, and the seasonal variation of its toxicity." Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 90 674-688.
3. U. Anthoni, L. Bohlin, C. Larsen, P. Nielsen, N. H. Nielsen, and C. Christophersen (1989). "Tetramine: Occurrence in marine organisms and pharmacology." Toxicon 27 707-716.