Neptunea Röding, 1798

Mclean, James H. & Clark, Roger N., 2023, Seven new genera and thirty-four new species of buccinoid gastropods (Neogastropoda: Buccinidae) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Zootaxa 5351 (2), pp. 151-201 : 175

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.2.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8391573
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scientific name	Neptunea Röding, 1798
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Genus Neptunea Röding, 1798 View in CoL View at ENA

Type species: Murex antiquus Linnaeus, 1758 , (SD, Sandberger, 1861).

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.

Remarks: The genus (sensa strict.) is reviewed by Fraussen & Terryn (2007).