Neptunea
Introduction '''''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'':*''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)''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