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Neptunea

Gastropoda - Neptuneidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Neptunea Röding
1925Trophon (Neptunea) Oldroyd p. 13
1931Neptunea Grant, IV and Gale p. 652
1988Neptunea Marincovich p. 17
1994Neptunea Titova p. 322
2002Neptunea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
RankNameAuthor
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
familyNeptuneidaeStimpson 1865
genusNeptuneaRöding 1798

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Neptunea Röding 1798
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Subg. Neptunea (Neptunea) Röding 1798
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Invalid names: Cymatium pacificum Dall 1909 [synonym]
Invalid names: Neptunea (Neptunea) soluta cordata Dall 1919 [nomen nudum]
Subg. Neptunea (Sulcosipho) Dall 1916
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†Neptunea (Sulcosipho) eatoni Grant, IV and Quayle 1934
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Invalid names: Chrysodomus (Ancistrolepis) unicus Pilsbry 1905 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Chrysodomus gettysburgensis Reagan 1909 [synonym]
Neptunea (Sulcosipho) tabulata Baird 1863 [tabled whelk]
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Invalid names: Buccinum stocki Howe 1922 [synonym], Chrysodomus bairdi Dall 1909 [synonym]
†Neptunea alaquaensis Mansfield 1935
Neptunea despecta Linnaeus 1758
†Neptunea diminuta Etherington 1931
†Neptunea gracilis Gabb 1864
Neptunea ithia Dall 1891
Neptunea lyrata Gmelin 1791
†Neptunea modestoidea Takeda 1953
†Neptunea stonei Pilsbry 1893
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Holocene or 106.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (168 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Madagascar N. paupercula (98219)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (California) N. sp. (190798)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Greenland Trophonopsis sp. (22943)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) N. sp. B (91850)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24USA (Texas) N. sp. A (91775) N. sp. C (98740)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) N. cretacea (190785 190788)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Greenland Trophonopsis sp. (22944 22945)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03Antarctica (Seymour Island) N. antarctocosta (63551)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Japan (Hokkaido) N. sp. (103769)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Russian Federation (Kamchatka) N. altispirata (5946)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9Russian Federation N. altispirata (50151)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Japan Ancistrolepis modestoideus (71009)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Trophonopsis platacantha (39952 40182 40186 40193 40194 40197 40198 40202 40204)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France (Essonne) Trophonopsis peregra (9076 9078 9079 9098 9114 9169 9171 9193 9269)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Japan N. modestoidea (68894 70740 70743 70745 70746 70753)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Denmark Trophonopsis angustevaricata (234515)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Alaska) N. tabulatus (195966)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Washington) N. landesi, N. teglandae (52356) N. lincolnensis (52380) N. teglandae, N. landesi (52362) Trophonopsis sp. (37581 91619)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Japan N. modestoides (70603 70611 70612 70615)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Japan N. sp. (70358)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Chile N. exarata (78552)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Japan N. sp. (52317 52321)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy N. glomoides (178108 178110)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.45 - 11.63USA (Alaska) N. plafkeri, N. tabulata (37385)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Italy N. glomoides (178112 178114)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63USA (California) N. eatoni (207917)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Romania N. sp. (86875)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Japan N. sp. (44962)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Alaska) N. modesta (37392 37399 37407 37414 37415) N. plafkeri (37416) N. sp. (37405 37410 37500) N. sp., N. modesta (37398 37401)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Japan N. hukusimensis (52123 52124 52165 52225)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6USA (California) N. tabulata (37551)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Oregon) Cymatium pacificum (71146) Cymatium pacificum, Chrysodomus bairdi (71148)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan (Fukushima) N. intersculpta (62296)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Japan (Shizuoka) N. sp. (179928)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Nassa angulata (84756)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Belgium N. contraria (80674)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Chrysodomus lawsoni, Chrysodomus scotiaensis, Chrysodomus andersoni (220035) Chrysodomus tabulatus (220030) N. sp. (237390) N. tabulata, N. andersoni, N. lirata, N. lawsoni, N. scotiaensis (96885)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Japan N. constricta (97076) N. eos (97075 97078) N. sp., N. arthritica, Trophonopsis uyemurai (97111)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.8USA (California) N. tabulata (214271)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Alaska) N. ventricosa (41309)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) N. lyrata (238437) N. sp. (238418 238435 238452 238459 238613) N. tabulata (96571 200398)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan (Fukushima) N. arthritica, N. constricta, N. fukuae, N. intersculpta, N. otukai (62295)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58United Kingdom (England) N. contraria (55829)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy (Emilia-Romagna) Trophonopsis squamulata (178117)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Chrysodomus tabulatus (186031) N. sp., N. stantoni (189542)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Japan N. eos (97077)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Belgium N. striata, N. angulata (179048 179079)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (California) Chrysodomus venturaensis (220009)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (Oregon) Chrysodomus tabulatus (71107)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Alaska) N. elatior, N. leffingwelli (38006) N. leffingwelli (38005 38007)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) N. tabulata (38042 168757 231899)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy Trophonopsis muricatus (78312)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774United Kingdom (England) N. antiqua (97965 97966 97969 98041)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Chrysodomus tabulatus (71142)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (New York) N. stonei (66379)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) N. decemcostata, N. stonei (66622)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (Alaska) Chrysodomus liratus (112323)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Chrysodomus tabulatus (207886 222663 222664 222665 222666 222976 222979 222992 222995 222998) N. sp., N. tabulata (202644) N. tabulata (96894 202634 202636 202637 202639 202642 202643 202645 202648 202968 202972 202990 203108 203113 203114 222935 222938 223309 223327)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Ireland N. sp., Trophonopsis truncatus, Trophonopsis muricatus, Trophonopsis marmeri, Trophonopsis coddii, Trophonopsis barvicensis, Trophonopsis fabricii (178118)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland N. despecta (227030)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maine) N. decemcostata (66338)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Chrysodomus tabulatus (222674) N. tabulata (59063 160361)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) N. sp. (75526)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) N. lyrata (75232)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New York) N. decemcostata, N. stonei (61270)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (New Jersey) N. stonei (66630)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) N. despecta (51005)