Neptuneinae

Neptuneinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Buccinidae
Subfamily:	Neptuneinae W. Stimpson, 1865
Synonyms
Chrysodominae Dall, 1870 Neptuneidae W. Stimpson, 1865

The Neptuneinae are taxonomic subfamily of large sea snails, often known as whelks. ^[1]

Genera

• Aulacofusus Dall, 1918
• Laevisipho J. H. McLean & R. N. Clark, 2023
• Neptunea Röding, 1798

Synonyms

• BarbitoniaDall, 1916 accepted as Neptunea (Barbitonia)Dall, 1916 represented as NeptuneaRöding, 1798
• ChrysodomusSwainson, 1840 accepted as NeptuneaRöding, 1798 (junior synonym)
• CostariaGolikov, 1977 accepted as NeptuneaRöding, 1798
• GolikoviaHabe & Sato, 1973 accepted as Neptunea (Golikovia)Habe & Sato, 1973 accepted as NeptuneaRöding, 1798
• NeptuniaLocard, 1886 accepted as NeptuneaRöding, 1798 (unjustified emendation)

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Neptuneinae W. Stimpson, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1522221 on 2022-11-22

External links

• Stimpson, W. (1865). On certain genera and families of zoophagous gasteropods. American Journal of Conchology. 1: 55-64, pl. 8-9
• Dall, W.H. (1870). Revision of the classification of the Mollusca of Massachusetts. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 13: 240-257
• Kantor, Y.I., Fedosov, A.E., Kosyan, A.R., Puillandre, N., Sorokin, P.A., Kano, Y., Clark, R. N. & Bouchet, P. (2022 [nomenclatural availability: 2021]). Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 194: 789-857.