World Register of Deep-Sea species - Neptunea antiqua (Linnaeus, 1758)

Deep-Sea taxon details

Neptunea antiqua (Linnaeus, 1758)

Picture of Neptunea antiqua (Linnaeus,1758)

AphiaID

138920 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138920)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Neptunea Röding, 1798

Original name

Murex antiquus Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 754 [details] Available for editors

Descriptive notes

Distribution Locally common around much of British Isles, less so in south and off west coast of Ireland

Distribution Locally common around much of British Isles, less so in south and off west coast of Ireland [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Neptunea antiqua (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138920 on 2024-09-20

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Neptunea antiqua (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138920 on 2024-09-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2010-07-19 15:09:49Z

checked

Fraussen, Koen

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 754 [details] Available for editors

context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Epibenthos and demersal fish monitoring at long-term monitoring stations in the Belgian part of the North Sea. [details]

basis of record 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. [details]

additional source Rehder, H. A. (1942). The genotype of Neptunea. The Nautilus. 56(2): 69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520172 [details]

additional source Pearce, J. B.; Thorson, G. (1967). The feeding and reproductive biology of the red whelk, Neptunea antiqua (L.) (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Ophelia. 4(2): 277-314., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00785326.1967.10409624 [details] Available for editors

additional source Power, A.; Keegan, B. (2001). Seasonal patterns in the reproductive activity of the red whelk, Neptunea antiqua (Mollusca: Prosobranchia) in the Irish Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 81(2): 243-250., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315401003708 [details] Available for editors

additional source Wells, J. W. (1960). A Pleistocene marine mollusk in central New York. The Nautilus. 74(1): 26-28, pl. 4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523897
note: As Neptunea sp. cf. N. antiqua (Linn.) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From other sources

Distribution Locally common around much of British Isles, less so in south and off west coast of Ireland [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Danish	rødkonk	[details]
Dutch	noordhorengewone noordhoren	[details]
English	red whelkneptune snailcommon spindle snailbuckieancient whelkancient neptune snailancient neptune	[details]
German	SpindelschneckeGemeines Neptunshorngemeine Spindelschnecke	[details]
Swedish	neptunussnäcka	[details]