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[1]
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.^[2]

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Neptunea:^[1]

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)

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  Neptunea angulata
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  Neptunea antiqua
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  Neptunea contraria
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  Neptunea arthritica
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  Neptunea bulbacea
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  Neptunea ventricosa
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  Neptunea vladivostokensis
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  Neptunea constricta
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  Neptunea decemcostata
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  Neptunea beringiana (apertural)
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  Neptunea communis (apertural)
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  Neptunea communis (dorsal)
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  Neptunea despecta (apertural)
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  Neptunea despecta (dorsal)
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  Neptunea ithia (apertural)
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  Neptunea laticostata (apertural)
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  Neptunea laticostata (dorsal)
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  Neptunea lyrata (apertural)
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  Neptunea lyrata (dorsal)
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  Neptunea pribiloffensis (apertural)
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  Neptunea pribiloffensis (dorsal)
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  Neptunea tabulata (apertural)
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  Neptunea tabulata (dorsal)

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