''Neptunea'' is a

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of large

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

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gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

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s in the subfamily Neptuneinae of the family

Buccinidae The Buccinidae are a very large and diverse taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks or true whelks.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Buccinidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. A ...

, the true

whelks Whelk (also known as scungilli) is a common name applied to various kinds of sea snail. Although a number of whelks are relatively large and are in the family Buccinidae (the true whelks), the word ''whelk'' is also applied to some other mari ...

.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

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(WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus ''Neptunea'' : * '' Neptunea acutispiralis'' Okutani, 1968 * '' Neptunea alabaster'' Alexeyev & Fraussen, 2005 * '' Neptunea alexeyevi'' Fraussen & Terryn, 2007 * '' Neptunea amianta'' (Dall, 1890) * † '' Neptunea angulata'' Harmer, 1914 * '' Neptunea antiqua'' (

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...

1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...

) * '' Neptunea arthritica'' (Valenciennes, 1858) * '' Neptunea aurigena'' Fraussen & Terry, 2007 * '' Neptunea beringiana'' (Middendorff, 1848) * '' Neptunea borealis'' (Philippi, 1850) * '' Neptunea bulbacea'' (Valenciennes, 1858) * '' Neptunea communis'' (Middendorff, 1848) * '' Neptunea constricta'' (Dall, 1907) * '' Neptunea contraria'' (

, 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'' (

) * '' Neptunea elegantula'' Ito & Habe, 1965 * '' Neptunea ennae'' Sakurai & Chiba, 1969 * '' Neptunea eulimata'' (Dall, 1907) * '' Neptunea excelsior'' Fraussen & Terryn, 2017 * '' Neptunea frater'' (Pilsbry, 1901) * '' Neptunea fukueae'' Kuroda in Kira, 1955 * '' 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 humboltiana'' 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 in Kira, 1959 * '' Neptunea laeva'' Golikov, Goryachev & Kantor, 1987 * '' Neptunea lamellosa'' Golikov, 1962 * '' Neptunea laticostata'' Golikov, 1962 * ''

Neptunea lyrata ''Neptunea lyrata'', also known by the common names New England Neptune, wrinkled whelk, ribbed Neptune, inflated whelk, lyre whelk or lyre Neptune, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, and is t ...

'' Gmelin, 1791 * '' Neptunea magnanimita'' Fraussen & Terryn, 2007 * '' Neptunea mcleani'' R. N. Clark, 2020 * '' Neptunea meridionalis'' 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 onchodes'' (Dall, 1907) * '' Neptunea phoenicea'' (Dall, 1907) * '' Neptunea polycostata'' Scarlato in Galkin et Scarlato, 1955 * '' Neptunea pribiloffensis'' (Dall, 1919) * '' Neptunea purpurea'' Tiba, 1983 * '' Neptunea robusta'' Okutani, 1964 * '' Neptunea rugosa'' Golikov, 1962 * '' Neptunea smirnia'' (Dall, 1919) * '' Neptunea stilesi'' 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 ''Filifusus filamentosus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2012). Filifusus filamentosus (Röding, 1798). Accessed through: Wo ...

'' (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 ''Fasciolaria tulipa'', common name the true tulip, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae. Distribution This species occurs from the North Carolina coast all the way south and west to the Gul ...

'' (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 ''Buccinum undatum'', the common whelk or the waved buccinum, is a large, edible marine gastropod in the family Buccinidae, the "true whelks".Fraussen, K.; Gofas, S. (2014). Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of M ...

'' 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) Neptunea despecta

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

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