Neptunea antiqua (Linnaeus, 1758)

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red whelk

Biota (Superdominio) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Buccinoidea (Superfamily) > Buccinidae (Family) > Neptuneinae (Subfamilia) > Neptunea (Genero)

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Synonyms

Buccinum magnum da Costa, 1778
Fusus antiquus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Fusus antiquus var. alba Jeffreys, 1867
Fusus antiquus var. gracilis Jeffreys, 1867
Fusus antiquus var. striata Jeffreys, 1867
Fusus antiquus var. ventricosa Jeffreys, 1867
Fusus babylonicus T. Brown, 1844
Murex antiquus Linnaeus, 1758
Neptunea (Neptunea) antiqua (Linnaeus, 1758)
Neptunea antiqua striata Kobelt, 1881
Neptunea antiqua striata var. browni Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912
Neptunea antiqua var. kobelti Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912
Neptunea antiqua var. media Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912
Neptunea despecta var. striata Kobelt, 1881
Tritonium antiquum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tritonium antiquum var. communis
Tritonium antiquum var. communis Middendorff, 1849
Tritonium antiquum var. originalis Middendorff, 1849

International References

additional source Howson, C. M.; Picton, B. E. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. [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]

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]

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]

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]

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