Neptunea

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Neptunea ithia 003.jpg |image_caption = Apertural view of a shell of ''Neptunea ithia'', the operculum glued in place on cotton |taxon= Neptunea |authority=Röding, 1798 |type_species= ''Murex antiquus'' Linnaeus, 1758 |synonyms_ref = <ref name=":0" /> |synonyms = {{hidden begin|title = List}} * ''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 {{hidden end}} }}

'''''Neptunea''''' is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Neptuneinae of the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.<ref name = "WoRMS">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</ref>

==Species== According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus ''Neptunea'':<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Neptunea Röding, 1798 |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137710 |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=www.marinespecies.org}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=20em}}

*''Neptunea acutispiralis'' {{small|Okutani, 1968}} *''Neptunea alabaster'' {{small|Alexeyev & Fraussen, 2005}} *''Neptunea alexeyevi'' {{small|Fraussen & Terryn, 2007}} *''Neptunea amianta'' {{small|(Dall, 1890)}} *''Neptunea angulata'' {{small|Harmer, 1914 †}} *''Neptunea antarctocostata'' {{small|Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 †}} *''Neptunea antiqua'' {{small|(Linnaeus, 1758)}} *''Neptunea arthritica'' {{small|(Valenciennes, 1858)}} *''Neptunea aurigena'' {{small|Fraussen & Terryn, 2007}} *''Neptunea behringiana'' {{small|(Middendorff, 1848)}} *''Neptunea borealis'' {{small|(R. A. Philippi, 1850)}} *''Neptunea bulbacea'' {{small|(Valenciennes, 1858)}} *''Neptunea communis'' {{small|(Middendorff, 1849)}} *''Neptunea constricta'' {{small|(Dall, 1907)}} *''Neptunea contraria'' {{small|(Linnaeus, 1771)}} *''Neptunea convexa'' {{small|Goryachev, 1978}} *''Neptunea costaria'' {{small|Fraussen & Terryn, 2007}} *''Neptunea cumingii'' {{small|Crosse, 1862}} *''Neptunea cuspidis'' {{small|Fraussen & Terryn, 2007}} *''Neptunea cybaea'' {{small|Fraussen & Terryn, 2007}} *''Neptunea decemcostata'' {{small|(Say, 1826)}} *''Neptunea denselirata'' {{small|Brøgger, 1901}} *''Neptunea despecta'' {{small|(Linnaeus, 1758)}} *''Neptunea elegantula'' {{small|Ito & Habe, 1965}} *''Neptunea ennae'' {{small|Sakurai & Tiba, 1969}} *''Neptunea eulimata'' {{small|(Dall, 1907)}} *''Neptunea excelsior'' {{small|Fraussen & Terryn, 2017}} *''Neptunea fitchi'' {{small|(R. N. Clark, 2022)}} *''Neptunea flatteryensis'' {{small|R. N. Clark, 2022}} *''Neptunea frater'' {{small|(Pilsbry, 1901)}} *''Neptunea fukueae'' {{small|Kira, 1959}} *''Neptunea gulbini'' {{small|Goryachev & Kantor, 1983}} *''Neptunea gyroscopoides'' {{small|Fraussen & Terryn, 2007}} *''Neptunea hedychra'' {{small|Fraussen & Terryn, 2007}} *''Neptunea heros'' {{small|(Gray, 1850)}} *''Neptunea hesperica'' {{small|Fraussen & Terryn, 2007}} *''Neptunea hiberna'' {{small|Fraussen & Terryn, 2007}} *''Neptunea humboldtiana'' {{small|A. G. Smith, 1971}} *''Neptunea insularis'' {{small|(Dall, 1895)}} *''Neptunea intersculpta'' {{small|(G. B. Sowerby III, 1899)}} *''Neptunea inversa'' {{small|Harmer, 1918 †}} *''Neptunea ithia'' {{small|(Dall, 1891)}} *''Neptunea jagudinae'' {{small|Goryachev & Kantor, 1983}} *''Neptunea kuroshio'' {{small|Oyama, 1959}} *''Neptunea laeva'' {{small|Golikov, Goryachev & Kantor, 1987}} *''Neptunea lamellosa'' {{small|Golikov, 1962}} *''Neptunea laticostata'' {{small|Golikov, 1962}} *''Neptunea lyrata'' {{small|(Gmelin, 1791)}} *''Neptunea lyratodespecta'' {{small|Strauch, 1972 †}} *''Neptunea magnanimita'' {{small|Fraussen & Terryn, 2007}} *''Neptunea mcleani'' {{small|R. N. Clark, 2020}} *''Neptunea meridionalis'' {{small|A. G. Smith, 1971}} *''Neptunea middendorffiana'' {{small|MacGinitie, 1959}} *''Neptunea mikawaensis'' {{small|T. Nakano, Kurihara, Miyoshi & Higuchi, 2010}} *''Neptunea multistriata'' {{small|(Aurivillius, 1885)}} *''Neptunea nivea'' {{small|Okutani, 1981}} *''Neptunea nodositella'' {{small|Fraussen & Terryn, 2007}} *''Neptunea occaecata'' {{small|Fraussen & Terryn, 2007}} *''Neptunea ochotensis'' {{small|Golikov, 1962}} *''Neptunea oncodes'' {{small|(Dall, 1907)}} *''Neptunea phoenicea'' {{small|(Dall, 1891)}} *''Neptunea polycostata'' {{small|Scarlato, 1955}} *''Neptunea pribiloffensis'' {{small|(Dall, 1919)}} *''Neptunea purpurea'' {{small|Tiba, 1983}} *''Neptunea robusta'' {{small|Okutani, 1964}} *''Neptunea rugosa'' {{small|Golikov, 1962}} *''Neptunea smirnia'' {{small|(Dall, 1919)}} *''Neptunea stilesi'' {{small|A. G. Smith, 1968}} *''Neptunea stonei'' {{small|(Pilsbry, 1892) †}} *''Neptunea subdilatata'' {{small|(Yen, 1936)}} *''Neptunea tabulata'' {{small|(Baird, 1863)}} *''Neptunea tuberculata'' {{small|(Yokoyama, 1929)}} *''Neptunea umbratica'' {{small|Fraussen & Terryn, 2007}} *''Neptunea varicifera'' {{small|(Dall, 1907)}} *''Neptunea ventricosa'' {{small|(Gmelin, 1791)}} *''Neptunea vinlandica'' {{small|Fraussen & Terryn, 2007}} *''Neptunea vinosa'' {{small|(Dall, 1919)}} *''Neptunea vladivostokensis'' {{small|(Bartsch, 1929)}} {{div col end}} ;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)

== Gallery of shells == <gallery> 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) </gallery>[[File:Neptunea despecta.jpg|left|thumb|''Neptunea despecta'']]

==References== {{Commons category|Neptunea}} {{Reflist}} * Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). {{ISBN|0-915826-22-4}}. 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

Category:Neptunea Category:Neptuneinae Category:Gastropod genera Category:Taxa named by Peter Friedrich Röding