Neptunea (Sulcosipho) Dall 1916 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative spellings: Chrysodomus (Sulcosipho), Sulcosipho

Parent taxon: Neptunea according to U. S. Grant, IV and H. R. Gale 1931

See also Hendy 2020, Sepkoski 2002 and Waterfall 1929

Sister taxa: Neptunea (Neptunea), Neptunea (Trophonopsis), Neptunea alaquaensis, Neptunea antarctocosta, Neptunea cretacea, Neptunea despecta, Neptunea diminuta, Neptunea gracilis, Neptunea humboldtiana, Neptunea ithia, Neptunea lyrata, Neptunea modestoidea, Neptunea stonei, Chrysodomus patuxentensis, Chrysodomus cierboensis, Chrysodomus hannibali, Chrysodomus pabloensis, Chrysodomus ruckmani, Chrysodomus chikuzenensis, Chrysodomus diabloensis, Chrysodomus (Sipho), Chrysodomus buwaldi, Chrysodomus pulcherrimus, Chrysodomus clallamensis, Chrysodomus martini, Chrysodomus lincolnensis, Chrysodomus burroensis, Chrysodomus altispiratus, Chrysodomus packardi, Chrysodomus asakuraensis

Subtaxa: Neptunea (Sulcosipho) angulata Neptunea (Sulcosipho) eatoni Neptunea (Sulcosipho) lawsoni Neptunea (Sulcosipho) magna Neptunea (Sulcosipho) postplanatus Neptunea (Sulcosipho) scotiaensis Neptunea (Sulcosipho) tabulata

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (37: California, Oregon collections)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (4: California, Oregon)

• Pliocene of Belgium (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (8: California, Oregon)

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

• Miocene of United States (3: Alaska, California, Washington)

Total: 56 collections including 59 occurrences

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