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''Neptunea'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of large
sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s, marine
gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000  extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s 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 The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive catalogue and list of names of marine organisms. Content The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scien ...
(WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus ''Neptunea'': *'' 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 ''Trophonopsis'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Species Species within the genus ''Trophonopsis'' include: * ''Trophonopsis aberrans ...
'' 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 ''Fasciolaria tulipa'', common name the true tulip, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae. This fiercely predatory species occupies a wide geographic area within the Western Atlantic and is know ...
'' (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 (ocean), marine gastropod in the family (biology), family Buccinidae, the "true whelks".Fraussen, K.; Gofas, S. (2014). Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758. Acces ...
'' 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

* 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 {{Authority control Buccinidae Gastropod genera nl:Neptunea angulata