Neptunea is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod molluskss 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:

• 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 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

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