The Neptuneinae are
taxonomic
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subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...
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 ...
s, often known as
whelk
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 marine ...
s.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Neptuneinae W. Stimpson, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1522221 on 2022-11-22]
Genera
* ''
Aulacofusus''
Dall, 1918
* ''
Neptunea
''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. ( ...
''
Röding, 1798
;Synonyms:
* ''Barbitonia''
Dall, 1916 accepted as ''Neptunea (Barbitonia)''
Dall, 1916 represented as ''Neptunea''
Röding, 1798
* ''Chrysodomus''
Swainson, 1840 accepted as ''Neptunea''
Röding, 1798 (junior synonym)
* ''Costaria''
Golikov, 1977 accepted as ''Neptunea''
Röding, 1798
* ''Golikovia''
Habe & Sato, 1973 accepted as ''Neptunea (Golikovia)''
Habe & Sato, 1973 accepted as ''Neptunea''
Röding, 1798
* ''Neptunia''
Locard, 1886 accepted as ''Neptunea''
Röding, 1798 (unjustified emendation)
References
External links
Stimpson, W. (1865). On certain genera and families of zoophagous gasteropods. American Journal of Conchology. 1: 55-64, pl. 8-9Dall, W.H. (1870). Revision of the classification of the Mollusca of Massachusetts. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 13: 240-257Kantor, Y.I., Fedosov, A.E., Kosyan, A.R., Puillandre, N., Sorokin, P.A., Kano, Y., Clark, R. N. & Bouchet, P. (2022 [nomenclatural availability: 2021. Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 194: 789-857.]
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Buccinidae