Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Buccinoidea > Family Buccinidae > Subfamily Neptuneinae > Genus Neptunea

Neptunea despecta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Murex Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Neptunea*	Röding, 1798	accepted genus name
*Barbitonia*	Dall, 1916	synonym
*Chrysodomus*	Swainson, 1840	synonym
*Chrysodomus (Barbitonia)*	Dall, 1916	synonym
*Neptunea (Barbitonia)*	Dall, 1916	synonym
*Neptunia*	Locard, 1886	synonym

Species group names

*Murex carinatus*	Pennant, 1777	synonym
*Murex subantiquatus*	Maton & Rackett, 1807	synonym
*Neptunea decemcostata clenchi*	A. H. Clarke, 1956	synonym
*Neptunea despecta var. fasciata*	Friele, 1882	synonym
*Neptunea fasciata*	Friele, 1882	synonym
*Tritonium fornicatum*	O. Fabricius, 1780	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: gekielde noordhoren sources: Adema, J.P.H.M.; de Bruyne, R.H.; Perk, F.A. (1989). Preliminary name list of marine molluscs and shells, regularly washed ashore along the coasts of the Netherlands and Belgium [Voorlopige naamlijst van de mariene mollusken en de regelmatig langs de kust van Nederland en België aangespoelde schelpensoorten]. De Strandvlo 9(2): 49-59

French: neptunée commune du Nord sources: Bousfield, E. L. (1964). Coquillages des cotes canadiennes de l'Atlantique. Musée national du Canada. Ottawa. 89 p.

German: kantige Spindelschnecke sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Norwegian Bokmål: neptunsnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: neptunsnigel

Literature

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.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
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. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.
additional source	Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Neptunea despecta (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138923