Neptunea Explained

Neptunea is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Neptuneinae 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:^[2]

• Neptunea acutispiralis
• Neptunea alabaster
• Neptunea alexeyevi
• Neptunea amianta
• Neptunea angulata
• Neptunea antarctocostata
• Neptunea antiqua
• Neptunea arthritica
• Neptunea aurigena
• Neptunea behringiana
• Neptunea borealis
• Neptunea bulbacea
• Neptunea communis
• Neptunea constricta
• Neptunea contraria
• Neptunea convexa
• Neptunea costaria
• Neptunea cumingii
• Neptunea cuspidis
• Neptunea cybaea
• Neptunea decemcostata
• Neptunea denselirata
• Neptunea despecta
• Neptunea elegantula
• Neptunea ennae
• Neptunea eulimata
• Neptunea excelsior
• Neptunea fitchi
• Neptunea flatteryensis
• Neptunea frater
• Neptunea fukueae
• Neptunea gulbini
• Neptunea gyroscopoides
• Neptunea hedychra
• Neptunea heros
• Neptunea hesperica
• Neptunea hiberna
• Neptunea humboldtiana
• Neptunea insularis
• Neptunea intersculpta
• Neptunea inversa
• Neptunea ithia
• Neptunea jagudinae
• Neptunea kuroshio
• Neptunea laeva
• Neptunea lamellosa
• Neptunea laticostata
• Neptunea lyrata
• Neptunea lyratodespecta
• Neptunea magnanimita
• Neptunea mcleani
• Neptunea meridionalis
• Neptunea middendorffiana
• Neptunea mikawaensis
• Neptunea multistriata
• Neptunea nivea
• Neptunea nodositella
• Neptunea occaecata
• Neptunea ochotensis
• Neptunea oncodes
• Neptunea phoenicea
• Neptunea polycostata
• Neptunea pribiloffensis
• Neptunea purpurea
• Neptunea robusta
• Neptunea rugosa
• Neptunea smirnia
• Neptunea stilesi
• Neptunea stonei
• Neptunea subdilatata
• Neptunea tabulata
• Neptunea tuberculata
• Neptunea umbratica
• Neptunea varicifera
• Neptunea ventricosa
• Neptunea vinlandica
• Neptunea vinosa
• Neptunea vladivostokensis

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)

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. 180–213

Notes and References

1. 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
2. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Neptunea Röding, 1798 . 2023-07-05 . www.marinespecies.org.