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Neptunea

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Neptunea was named by Röding (1798) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 123]. It is extant. Its type is Eripachya ponderosa.

It was reranked as Trophon (Neptunea) by Oldroyd (1925).

It was assigned to Trophon by Oldroyd (1925); to Neptuneidae by Marincovich (1988); to Neptuneinae by Titova (1994); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyBuccininaeRafinesque 1815
tribeColiniGray 1857
subfamilyNeptuneinaeStimpson 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
†Neptunea alaquaensis Mansfield 1935
†Neptunea altispira Gabb 1869
Neptunea despecta Linnaeus 1758
†Neptunea diminuta Etherington 1931
†Neptunea gracilis Gabb 1864
Neptunea lyrata Gmelin 1791
†Neptunea modestoidea Takeda 1953
†Neptunea stonei Pilsbry 1893
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available