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 communis (Middendorff, 1849)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

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

*Fusus borealis*	R. A. Philippi, 1850	synonym
*Neptunea borealis*	(R. A. Philippi, 1850)	synonym
*Neptunea satura var. elongata*	Løyning, 1932	synonym
*Tritonium (Fusus) antiquum var. communis*	Middendorff, 1849	synonym
*Tritonium antiquum var. angulato-carinata*	Middendorff, 1849	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Huettmann, F. (2007). ArcOD species list by Falk Huettmann. provided on 2007-11-25.
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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Neptunea communis (Middendorff, 1849). 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:254656