NARMS taxon details

Neptunea despecta (Linnaeus, 1758)

138923 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138923)

accepted
Species
Murex carinatus Pennant, 1777 · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex despectus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Neptunea decemcostata clenchi A. H. Clarke, 1956 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Neptunea fasciata Friele, 1882 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tritonium fornicatum O. Fabricius, 1780 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
recent + fossil
(of Murex despectus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 754 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Neptunea despecta (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138923 on 2026-06-27
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Neptunea despecta (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138923 on 2026-06-27
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2010-07-19 15:09:49Z
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original description (of Murex carinatus Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011 [details] 

original description (of Murex despectus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 754 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

original description (of Murex subantiquatus Maton & Rackett, 1807) Maton, W. G. & Rackett, T. (1807). A descriptive catalogue of the British Testacea. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 8: 17-250, 5 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/766478 [details] 

original description (of Tritonium fornicatum O. Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285
page(s): 399-400 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Neptunea decemcostata clenchi A. H. Clarke, 1956) Clarke, A. H., Jr. (1956). Two new subspecies of <i>Neptunea decemcostata</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 69(4): 115-121, pl. 7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8525284
page(s): 116-117, pl. 7, fig. 1 [details] 

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] 
 
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