Neptunea

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Genus of gastropods

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::summary Genus of gastropods ::

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  • Barbitonia Dall, 1916
  • Buccinum (Neptunea)
  • Chrysodomus Swainson, 1840
  • Chrysodomus (Barbitonia) Dall, 1916
  • Chrysodomus (Sulcosipho) Dall, 1916
  • Costaria Golikov, 1977
  • Fusus (Chrysodomus)
  • Fusus (Neptunea) Röding, 1798
  • Golikovia Habe & Sato, 1973
  • Neptunea (Barbitonia) Dall, 1916
  • Neptunea (Golikovia) Habe & Sato, 1973
  • Neptunea (Neptunea) Röding, 1798
  • Neptunea (Sulcosipho) Dall, 1916
  • Neptunia Locard, 1886

Neptunea is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Neptuneinae of the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Neptunea:

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) [[File:Neptunea despecta.jpg|left|thumb|[[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

nl:Neptunea angulata

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. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Neptunea Röding, 1798".

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