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Neptuneidae

Gastropoda - Neptuneidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Neptuneidae Stimpson
1931Neptuneidae Grant, IV and Gale p. 642
1947Neptuneidae Harris and Palmer p. 366
1970Neptuneidae Addicott p. 88
1976Neptuneidae Givens and Kennedy p. 972
1980Neptuneidae Hickman p. 55
1988Neptuneidae Marincovich p. 15

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

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.

Fm. Neptuneidae Stimpson 1865
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G. Macron Adams and Adams 1853
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Macron aethiops Reeve 1847 [ribbed macron]
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Invalid names: Pseudoliva kellettii Adams 1855 [synonym]
Macron hartmanni Hertlein and Jordan 1927
Macron lividus Adams 1855 [livid macron]
Macron merriami Arnold 1907
Macron vermeiji Nielsen and Frassinetti 2003
Invalid names: Macroniscus Thiele 1928 [synonym]
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
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Tyrannoberingius rex Marincovich 1981
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 (190 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Madagascar Neptunea paupercula (98219)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (California) Neptunea sp. (190798)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Greenland Trophonopsis sp. (22943)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) Neptunea sp. B (91850)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24USA (Texas) Neptunea sp. A (91775) Neptunea sp. C (98740)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) Neptunea cretacea (190785 190788)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Greenland Trophonopsis sp. (22944 22945)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03Antarctica (Seymour Island) Neptunea antarctocosta (63551)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Japan (Hokkaido) Neptunea sp. (103769)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Russian Federation (Kamchatka) Neptunea altispirata (5946)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9Russian Federation Neptunea 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 Neptunea modestoidea (68894 70740 70743 70745 70746 70753)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Alaska) Neptunea tabulatus (195966)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Washington) Neptunea landesi, Neptunea teglandae (52356) Neptunea lincolnensis (52380) Neptunea teglandae, Neptunea landesi (52362) Trophonopsis sp. (37581 91619)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Denmark Trophonopsis angustevaricata (234515)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Japan Neptunea modestoides (70603 70611 70612 70615)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Japan Neptunea sp. (70358)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Chile Neptunea exarata (78552)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Baja California Sur) Macron hartmanni (43814 96570)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63USA (Alaska) Neptuneidae indet. (37652)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Japan Neptunea sp. (52317 52321)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy Neptunea glomoides (178108 178110)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.45 - 11.63USA (Alaska) Neptunea plafkeri, Neptunea tabulata (37385)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Italy Neptunea glomoides (178112 178114)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63USA (California) Macron merriami (237493) Neptunea eatoni (207917)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63USA (Alaska) Tyrannoberingius rex (67916)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Romania Neptunea sp. (86875)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Japan Neptunea sp. (44962)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Alaska) Neptunea modesta (37392 37399 37407 37414 37415) Neptunea plafkeri (37416) Neptunea sp. (37405 37410 37500) Neptunea sp., Neptunea modesta (37398 37401)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Chile Macron vermeiji (68325)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Washington) Cymatium pacificum, Chrysodomus bairdi (239446)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Japan Neptunea hukusimensis (52123 52124 52165 52225)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6USA (California) Neptunea tabulata (37551)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Oregon) Cymatium pacificum (71146) Cymatium pacificum, Chrysodomus bairdi (71148)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan (Fukushima) Neptunea intersculpta (62296)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Japan (Shizuoka) Neptunea sp. (179928)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Nassa angulata (84756)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Chile Macron escalonia (142301)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Chrysodomus lawsoni, Chrysodomus scotiaensis, Chrysodomus andersoni (220035) Chrysodomus tabulatus (220030) Neptunea sp. (237390) Neptunea tabulata, Neptunea andersoni, Neptunea lirata, Neptunea lawsoni, Neptunea scotiaensis (96885)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Belgium Neptunea contraria (80674)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Japan Neptunea constricta (97076) Neptunea eos (97075 97078) Neptunea sp., Neptunea arthritica, Trophonopsis uyemurai (97111)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.8USA (California) Neptunea tabulata (214271)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Alaska) Neptunea ventricosa (41309)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Neptunea lyrata (238437) Neptunea sp. (238418 238435 238452 238459 238613) Neptunea tabulata (96571 200398)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan (Fukushima) Neptunea arthritica, Neptunea constricta, Neptunea fukuae, Neptunea intersculpta, Neptunea otukai (62295)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Chrysodomus tabulatus (186031) Neptunea sp., Neptunea stantoni (189542)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Belgium Neptunea striata, Neptunea angulata (179048 179079)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Chile Macron escalonia (142300)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy (Emilia-Romagna) Trophonopsis squamulata (178117)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58United Kingdom (England) Neptunea contraria (55829)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Japan Neptunea eos (97077)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8USA (California) Neptunea tabulata (277711 277712)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (Oregon) Chrysodomus tabulatus (71107)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (California) Chrysodomus venturaensis (220009)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774United Kingdom (England) Neptunea antiqua (97965 97966 97969 98041)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy Trophonopsis muricatus (78312)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) Neptunea tabulata (38042 168757 231899)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Alaska) Neptunea elatior, Neptunea leffingwelli (38006) Neptunea leffingwelli (38005 38007)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Neptunea decemcostata, Neptunea stonei (66622)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Chrysodomus tabulatus (71142)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Macron aethiops (96565)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (New York) Neptunea stonei (66379)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Macron lividus (96592)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Macron lividus (37939 37943)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (Alaska) Chrysodomus liratus (112323)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Ireland Neptunea sp., Trophonopsis truncatus, Trophonopsis muricatus, Trophonopsis marmeri, Trophonopsis coddii, Trophonopsis barvicensis, Trophonopsis fabricii (178118)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Chrysodomus tabulatus (207886 222663 222664 222665 222666 222976 222979 222992 222995 222998) Macron aethiops, Neptunea tabulata (202968 203113 203114) Macron lividus (202492 223039) Neptunea sp., Neptunea tabulata (202644) Neptunea tabulata (96894 202634 202636 202637 202639 202642 202643 202645 202648 202972 202990 203108 222935 222938 223309 223327)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland Neptunea despecta (227030)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maine) Neptunea decemcostata (66338)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Neptunea sp. (75526)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Macron lividus (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Chrysodomus tabulatus (222674) Macron lividus (223067 240594 240609) Macron lividus, Macron kellettii (222660) Neptunea tabulata (59063) Neptunea tabulata, Macron lividus (160361)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) Neptunea lyrata (75232)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New York) Neptunea decemcostata, Neptunea stonei (61270)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (New Jersey) Neptunea stonei (66630)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Neptunea despecta (51005)