Deep-Sea taxon details
Neptunea despecta (Linnaeus, 1758)
138923 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138923)
accepted
Species
marine
recent + fossil
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 754 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 754 [details] Available for editors
Distribution Range: 72.88°N to 40.19°N; 105°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada; Canada:...
Distribution Range: 72.88°N to 40.19°N; 105°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada; Canada: Baffin Island, Hudson Bay, Newfoundland, Quebec; USA: Massachusetts [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Neptunea despecta (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138923 on 2025-12-27
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Neptunea despecta (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138923 on 2025-12-27
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(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 754 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Fraussen K. & Terryn Y. (2007). The family Buccinidae. Genus <i>Neptunea</i>. <i>In</i>: A Conchological Iconography [Directed by Guido T. Poppe & Klaus Groh]. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 159 pp., 154 pls. [details]
additional source Wesselingh, F. P.; van Nieulande, F.; Fraussen, K.; Moerdijk, P. W.; Janssen, A. W.; Pouwer, R.; Rijken, R. (2014). De fossiele schelpen van de Nederlandse kust II, deel 8. Buccinoidea. <em>Spirula.</em> 401: 194-205., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/1024503/SPIR2014401001003.pdf
page(s): 196, fig. 9 [details]
additional source 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. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 96 [details]
page(s): 754 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Fraussen K. & Terryn Y. (2007). The family Buccinidae. Genus <i>Neptunea</i>. <i>In</i>: A Conchological Iconography [Directed by Guido T. Poppe & Klaus Groh]. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 159 pp., 154 pls. [details]
additional source Wesselingh, F. P.; van Nieulande, F.; Fraussen, K.; Moerdijk, P. W.; Janssen, A. W.; Pouwer, R.; Rijken, R. (2014). De fossiele schelpen van de Nederlandse kust II, deel 8. Buccinoidea. <em>Spirula.</em> 401: 194-205., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/1024503/SPIR2014401001003.pdf
page(s): 196, fig. 9 [details]
additional source 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. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 96 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Range: 72.88°N to 40.19°N; 105°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada; Canada: Baffin Island, Hudson Bay, Newfoundland, Quebec; USA: Massachusetts [details]Habitat infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | gekielde noordhoren | [details] |
| French | neptunée commune du Nord | [details] |
| German | kantige Spindelschnecke | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | neptunsnegl | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | neptunsnigel | [details] |
Linnean Society of London, lectotype
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (104 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Neptunea despecta)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To Malacopics (Neptunea despecta (Linnaeus, 1758) Iceland, SW Iceland, at 50 m depth, ex coll. J. ...
To Malacopics (Neptunea despecta (Linnaeus, 1758) )
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (104 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Neptunea despecta)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To Malacopics (Neptunea despecta (Linnaeus, 1758) Iceland, SW Iceland, at 50 m depth, ex coll. J. ...
To Malacopics (Neptunea despecta (Linnaeus, 1758) )
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
