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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 gracilis Gabb 1864
Neptunea humerosa Gabb 1869
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 mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:10:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:10:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Holocene or 105.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (172 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Madagascar N. paupercula (98219)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) N. sp. B (91850)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland Trophonopsis sp. (22943)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Texas) N. sp. A (91775) N. sp. C (98740)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) N. cretacea (190785 190788) N. sp. (190798)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Greenland Trophonopsis sp. (22944 22945)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Antarctica (Seymour Island) N. antarctocosta (63551)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Japan (Hokkaido) N. sp. (103769)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Russian Federation (Kamchatka) N. altispirata (5946)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9Russian Federation N. altispirata (50151)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Trophonopsis platacantha (39952 40182 40186 40193 40194 40197 40198 40202 40204)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Japan Ancistrolepis modestoideus (71009)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Essonne) Trophonopsis peregra (9076 9078 9079 9098 9114 9169 9171 9193 9269)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Japan N. modestoidea (68894 70740 70743 70745 70746 70753)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Japan N. modestoides (70603 70611 70612 70615)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Alaska) N. tabulatus (195966)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Washington) N. landesi, N. teglandae (52356) N. lincolnensis (52380) N. teglandae, N. landesi (52362) Trophonopsis sp. (37581 91619)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Japan N. sp. (70358)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Chile N. exarata (78552)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Japan N. sp. (52317 52321)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy N. glomoides (178108 178110)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62USA (Alaska) N. plafkeri, N. tabulata (37385)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Italy N. glomoides (178112 178114)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (California) N. eatoni (207917)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (Alaska) N. lyrata (67916)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Japan N. sp. (44962)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Romania N. sp. (86875)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Alaska) N. lyrata (37390) N. modesta (37392 37399 37407 37414 37415) N. plafkeri (37416) N. sp. (37410 37500) N. sp., N. lyrata (37405) N. sp., N. modesta (37401) N. sp., N. modesta, N. lyrata (37398)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan N. hukusimensis (52123 52124 52165 52225)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6USA (California) N. tabulata (37551)
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 - 2.588USA (California) Chrysodomus tabulatus (220030) N. eurekaensis, N. andersoni, N. lirata, N. lawsoni, N. scotiaensis, N. tabulata (96885)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Belgium N. contraria (80674)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Japan N. constricta (97076) N. eos (97075 97078) N. sp., N. arthritica, Trophonopsis uyemurai (97111)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.806USA (California) N. tabulata (214271)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) N. tabiilata (96571) N. tabulata (200398)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Fukushima) N. arthritica, N. constricta, N. fukuae, N. intersculpta, N. otukai (62295)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Alaska) N. ventricosa (41309)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium N. striata, N. angulata (179048 179079)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Japan N. eos (97077)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Chrysodomus tabulatus (186031) N. stantoni, N. sp. (189542)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Emilia-Romagna) Trophonopsis squamulata (178117)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) N. contraria (55829)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (Oregon) Chrysodomus tabulatus (71107)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (California) Chrysodomus venturaensis (220009)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Alaska) N. elatior, N. leffingwelli (38006) N. heros, N. lyrata (81828) N. leffingwelli (38005 38007) N. ventricosa (38003 38004 38008 38010 38011 38013)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy Trophonopsis muricatus (78312)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781United Kingdom (England) N. antiqua (97965 97966 97969 98041)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) N. decemcostata, N. stonei (66622)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (New York) N. stonei (66379)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Chrysodomus tabulatus (71142)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126USA (California) Chrysodomus tabulatus (207886 222663 222664 222665 222666 222976 222979 222992 222995 222998) N. riversi (223325) 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 Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Ireland N. sp., Trophonopsis truncatus, Trophonopsis muricatus, Trophonopsis marmeri, Trophonopsis coddii, Trophonopsis barvicensis, Trophonopsis fabricii (178118)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Greenland N. despecta (227027 227030)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (New York) N. decemcostata, N. stonei (61270)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) N. lyrata (75232)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Maine) N. despecta (66340 66351 66354) N. despecta, N. decemcostata (66338)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) Chrysodomus tabulatus (222674) N. tabulata (160361) N. tabulator (59063) Trophonopsis multicostatus (37672)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) N. sp. (75526)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (New Jersey) N. stonei (66630)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) N. despecta (66524)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) N. despecta (66432 66501 66502)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) N. despecta (51005)