Neptunea Roding 1798
- Dataset
- Seven new genera and thirty-four new species of buccinoid gastropods (Neogastropoda: Buccinidae) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Mollusca
- class
- Gastropoda
- order
- Neogastropoda
- family
- Buccinidae
- genus
- Neptunea
diagnosis
Diagnosis: Shell large, sturdy, pyriform to fusiform; periostracum thin or absent; with short to moderately long, nearly straight to twisted siphonal canal. Sculpture chiefly spiral cords or lirae, axial sculpture (if present) of strong folds, or flaring lamellar extensions in some species. Operculum large, nearly filling aperture, nucleus terminal.
discussion
Remarks: The genus (sensa strict.) is reviewed by Fraussen & Terryn (2007).
type_taxon
Type species: Murex antiquus Linnaeus, 1758, (SD, Sandberger, 1861).
Name
- Homonyms
- Neptunea Roding 1798
- Neptunea