Neptunea ventricosa

Neptunea ventricosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.

Neptunea ventricosa
Two views of a shell of Neptunea ventricosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Buccinidae
Genus:	Neptunea
Species:	N. ventricosa
Binomial name
Neptunea ventricosa (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
Buccinum ventricosum Gmelin, 1791 (original combination) Chrysodomus nuceus Dall, 1919 Chrysodomus saturus (Martyn) Fusus bulbosus Valenciennes, 1846 Fusus fornicatus f. conica Aurivillius, 1885 Fusus fornicatus f. devexa Aurivillius, 1885 Fusus fornicatus f. intermedia Aurivillius, 1885 Fusus saturus Deshayes, 1843 Neptunea beringiana var. unicostata Golikov, 1963 Neptunea satura (Martyn, 1784) (unavailable name) Tritonium antiquum var. behringiana Middendorff, 1848

Description

The length of the shell attains 105.1 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Kamchatka, Russia, and off Alaska.

References

• Fraussen K. & Terryn Y. (2007). The family Buccinidae. Genus Neptunea. In: A Conchological Iconography [Directed by Guido T. Poppe & Klaus Groh]. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 159 pp., 154 pls.
• Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.

External links

• Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae
• Middendorff A.T. von. (1848). Vorläufige Anzeige einiger neuen Konchylien aus den Geschlechtern: Littorina, Tritonium, Bullia, Natica und Margarita. Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg. 7(16): 241-246
• Dall, W. H. (1919). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean in the collection of the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 56 (2295): 293-371
• Deshayes, G. P. & Milne-Edwards, H. (1843). Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent, par J. B. P. A. de Lamarck. Deuxième édition, Tome neuvième. Histoire des Mollusques. J. B. Baillière: Paris. 728 pp.