# 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 Okutani, 1968
* Neptunea alabaster Alexeyev & Fraussen, 2005
* Neptunea alexeyevi Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
* Neptunea amianta (Dall, 1890)
* Neptunea angulata Harmer, 1914 †
* Neptunea antarctocostata Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 †
* Neptunea antiqua (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Neptunea arthritica (Valenciennes, 1858)
* Neptunea aurigena Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
* Neptunea behringiana (Middendorff, 1848)
* Neptunea borealis (R. A. Philippi, 1850)
* Neptunea bulbacea (Valenciennes, 1858)
* Neptunea communis (Middendorff, 1849)
* Neptunea constricta (Dall, 1907)
* Neptunea contraria (Linnaeus, 1771)
* Neptunea convexa Goryachev, 1978
* Neptunea costaria Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
* Neptunea cumingii Crosse, 1862
* Neptunea cuspidis Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
* Neptunea cybaea Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
* Neptunea decemcostata (Say, 1826)
* Neptunea denselirata Brøgger, 1901
* Neptunea despecta (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Neptunea elegantula Ito & Habe, 1965
* Neptunea ennae Sakurai & Tiba, 1969
* Neptunea eulimata (Dall, 1907)
* Neptunea excelsior Fraussen & Terryn, 2017
* Neptunea fitchi (R. N. Clark, 2022)
* Neptunea flatteryensis R. N. Clark, 2022
* Neptunea frater (Pilsbry, 1901)
* Neptunea fukueae Kira, 1959
* Neptunea gulbini Goryachev & Kantor, 1983
* Neptunea gyroscopoides Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
* Neptunea hedychra Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
* Neptunea heros (Gray, 1850)
* Neptunea hesperica Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
* Neptunea hiberna Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
* Neptunea humboldtiana A. G. Smith, 1971
* Neptunea insularis (Dall, 1895)
* Neptunea intersculpta (G. B. Sowerby III, 1899)
* Neptunea inversa Harmer, 1918 †
* Neptunea ithia (Dall, 1891)
* Neptunea jagudinae Goryachev & Kantor, 1983
* Neptunea kuroshio Oyama, 1959
* Neptunea laeva Golikov, Goryachev & Kantor, 1987
* Neptunea lamellosa Golikov, 1962
* Neptunea laticostata Golikov, 1962
* Neptunea lyrata (Gmelin, 1791)
* Neptunea lyratodespecta Strauch, 1972 †
* Neptunea magnanimita Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
* Neptunea mcleani R. N. Clark, 2020
* Neptunea meridionalis A. G. Smith, 1971
* Neptunea middendorffiana MacGinitie, 1959
* Neptunea mikawaensis T. Nakano, Kurihara, Miyoshi & Higuchi, 2010
* Neptunea multistriata (Aurivillius, 1885)
* Neptunea nivea Okutani, 1981
* Neptunea nodositella Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
* Neptunea occaecata Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
* Neptunea ochotensis Golikov, 1962
* Neptunea oncodes (Dall, 1907)
* Neptunea phoenicea (Dall, 1891)
* Neptunea polycostata Scarlato, 1955
* Neptunea pribiloffensis (Dall, 1919)
* Neptunea purpurea Tiba, 1983
* Neptunea robusta Okutani, 1964
* Neptunea rugosa Golikov, 1962
* Neptunea smirnia (Dall, 1919)
* Neptunea stilesi A. G. Smith, 1968
* Neptunea stonei (Pilsbry, 1892) †
* Neptunea subdilatata (Yen, 1936)
* Neptunea tabulata (Baird, 1863)
* Neptunea tuberculata (Yokoyama, 1929)
* Neptunea umbratica Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
* Neptunea varicifera (Dall, 1907)
* Neptunea ventricosa (Gmelin, 1791)
* Neptunea vinlandica Fraussen & Terryn, 2007
* Neptunea vinosa (Dall, 1919)
* Neptunea vladivostokensis (Bartsch, 1929)

### 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)

## Gallery of shells

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