North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Neptunea contraria (Linnaeus, 1771)

Neptunea contraria (Linnaeus, 1771) - Off San Vicente de la Barquera (Cantabria - E), 07.1995, 125.0 mm

AphiaID

138922 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138922)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Neptunea Röding, 1798

Original name

Murex contrarius Linnaeus, 1771

Synonymised names

Fusus perversus Kiener, 1840 · unaccepted

Fusus sinistrorsus Deshayes, 1832 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Murex contrarius Linnaeus, 1771 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Murex contrarius Linnaeus, 1771) Linnaeus C. (1771). Mantissa plantarum: Generum editionis VI. et specierum editionis II. L. Salvius, Holmiae. Vol. Mantissa [2] altera: Regni Animalis Appendix: 521-552. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42945322
page(s): 551 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Neptunea contraria (Linnaeus, 1771). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138922 on 2026-09-10

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Neptunea contraria (Linnaeus, 1771). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138922 on 2026-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2005-04-16 10:28:02Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-08-14 13:08:19Z

checked

Gofas, Serge

2010-07-19 15:09:49Z

checked

Fraussen, Koen

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original description (of Fusus sinistrorsus Deshayes, 1832) Deshayes, G. P. (1830-1832). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des Vers et Mollusques. Vol. 2: viii+1-594 [part 1: i-vi, 1-256, Livraison 101, 1 Feb 1830; part 2: 1-144, Livraison 101, 1 Feb. 1830; 145-594, Livraison 102, 29 Sept. 1832]. Vol. 3: 595-1152 [Livraison 102, 29 Sept. 1832]. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8638
page(s): 160 [details]

original description (of Fusus perversus Kiener, 1840) Kiener, L. C. (1839-1842). Kiener L.C. 1839-1842. Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 5. Famille des Canalifères. Première partie. Genres Cérite (Cerithium), Adanson pp. 1-104, pl. 1-32 [pp. 1-32 (1841), 33-104 (1842); pl. 1-32 (1841)]; Pleurotome (Pleurotoma), Lamarck, pp. 1-84, pl. 1-27 [pp. 1-16 (1839), 17-84 (1840), pl. 1-27 (1839)]; Fuseau (Fusus), Lamarck, pp. 1-62, pl. 1-30, 17bis [pp. 1-62 (1840); pl. 2-7, 12, 15-17, 17bis, 22-23, 25 (1839); pl. 1, 8-11, 13-14, 18-21, 24, 26-30: (1840)]. Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19762 [details]

original description (of Murex contrarius Linnaeus, 1771) Linnaeus C. (1771). Mantissa plantarum: Generum editionis VI. et specierum editionis II. L. Salvius, Holmiae. Vol. Mantissa [2] altera: Regni Animalis Appendix: 521-552. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42945322
page(s): 551 [details]

context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]

basis of record Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico. supplement 1: 121-296., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/140763 [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 de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (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. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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]