Neptunea

Neptunea
Apertural view of a shell of Neptunea ithia, the operculum glued in place on cotton
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Neptunea
Röding, 1798
Type species
Murex antiquus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
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

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

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