Neptunea Röding 1798 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative spelling: Trophon (Neptunea)

Parent taxon: Neptuneinae according to L. V. Titova 1994

See also Marincovich 1988, Oldroyd 1925 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Callioloncha, Helicofusus, Latisipho, Mohnia, Paracallioloncha, Tacita

Subtaxa: Neptunea (Neptunea) Neptunea (Sulcosipho) Neptunea (Trophonopsis) Neptunea alaquaensis Neptunea altispira Neptunea cretacea Neptunea despecta Neptunea diminuta Neptunea gracilis Neptunea humboldtiana Neptunea ithia Neptunea lyrata Neptunea modestoidea Neptunea stonei

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Type: Eripachya ponderosa

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (7: British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Quebec collections), Greenland (1), Ireland (1), Italy (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (56: Alaska, California, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Oregon)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (3: California, Oregon)

• Pliocene of Belgium (3), Italy (1), Japan (8), the United Kingdom (2), United States (8: Alaska, California)

• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)

• Miocene of Chile (1), Italy (4), Japan (8), Romania (1), United States (15: Alaska, California)

• Oligocene of Denmark (1), France (9), Japan (10), United States (6: Alaska, Washington)

• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Japan (2), the Russian Federation (2), United States (9: Oregon)

• Paleocene of Greenland (3), United States (6: California, Texas)

• Cretaceous of Madagascar (1)

Total: 175 collections including 209 occurrences

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