Seven new genera and thirty-four new species of buccinoid gastropods (Neogastropoda: Buccinidae) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Author
Mclean, James H.
Author
Clark, Roger N.
text
Zootaxa
2023
2023-09-26
5351
2
151
201
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.2.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5351.2.1
1175-5326
8391375
F34F6B3C-F251-4D8E-B002-A96BD70CA1BE
Genus
Neptunea
Röding, 1798
Type
species:
Murex antiquus
Linnaeus, 1758
, (SD, Sandberger, 1861).
Diagnosis:
Shell large, sturdy, pyriform to fusiform; periostracum thin or absent; with short to moderately long, nearly straight to twisted siphonal canal. Sculpture chiefly spiral cords or lirae, axial sculpture (if present) of strong folds, or flaring lamellar extensions in some species. Operculum large, nearly filling aperture, nucleus terminal.
Remarks:
The genus (
sensa strict.
) is reviewed by
Fraussen & Terryn (2007)
.