Neptuneinae

Subfamily of gastropods

Neptuneinae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Subfamily: Neptuneinae
W. Stimpson, 1865
Synonyms
  • Chrysodominae Dall, 1870
  • Neptuneidae W. Stimpson, 1865

The Neptuneinae are taxonomic subfamily of large sea snails, often known as whelks.[1]

Genera

  • Aulacofusus Dall, 1918
  • Neptunea Röding, 1798
Synonyms
  • Barbitonia Dall, 1916 accepted as Neptunea (Barbitonia) Dall, 1916 represented as Neptunea Röding, 1798
  • Chrysodomus Swainson, 1840 accepted as Neptunea Röding, 1798 (junior synonym)
  • Costaria Golikov, 1977 accepted as Neptunea Röding, 1798
  • Golikovia Habe & Sato, 1973 accepted as Neptunea (Golikovia) Habe & Sato, 1973 accepted as Neptunea Röding, 1798
  • Neptunia Locard, 1886 accepted as Neptunea Röding, 1798 (unjustified emendation)

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Neptuneinae W. Stimpson, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1522221 on 2022-11-22
  • Stimpson, W. (1865). On certain genera and families of zoophagous gasteropods. American Journal of Conchology. 1: 55-64, pl. 8-9
  • Dall, W.H. (1870). Revision of the classification of the Mollusca of Massachusetts. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 13: 240-257
  • Kantor, Y.I., Fedosov, A.E., Kosyan, A.R., Puillandre, N., Sorokin, P.A., Kano, Y., Clark, R. N. & Bouchet, P. (2022 [nomenclatural availability: 2021]). Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 194: 789-857.
Taxon identifiers
Neptuneinae
  • Wikidata: Q115588733
  • WoRMS: 1522221