Neptunea

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)