MSBIAS 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. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 754 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 754 [details] Available for editors
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Neptunea despecta (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138923 on 2026-10-07
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Neptunea despecta (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138923 on 2026-10-07
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action
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original description
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , 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 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]
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]
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 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]
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]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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) Netherlands, Zeeland, De Kaloot)
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) Netherlands, Zeeland, De Kaloot)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS