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 arthritica (Valenciennes, 1858)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Fusus Bruguière, 1789

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

*Barbitonia arthritica*	(Valenciennes, 1858)	synonym
*Neptunea (Barbitonia) arthritica*	(Valenciennes, 1858)	synonym; alternate representation

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Arthritic neptune sources: Volvenko, I. V.; Orlov, A. M.; Gebruk, A. V.; Katugin, O. N.; Ogorodnikova, A. A.; Vinogradov, G. M.; Maznikova, O. A. (2019). Checklist of the trawl macrofauna from the North Pacific and adjacent seas with information about fishery importance, potential product yield, and price range, supplement to: Volvenko, Igor V; Orlov, Alexei M; Gebruk, Andrey V; Katugin, Oleg N; Ogorodnikova, Alla A; Vinogradov, Georgy M; Maznikova, Olga A (in prep.): Trawl macrofauna of the Far-Eastern Seas and North Pacific: proportion of commercial species, potential product yield, and price rang. Earth System Science Data. PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science.

Japanese: ヒメエゾボラ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Russian: Нептунея артритическая

Literature

basis of record	Kantor Y.I. & Sysoev A.V. (2002). On the species of molluscs from Russian waters described by Valenciennes in little known publications in 1858. Ruthenica. 12(2): 119-123.
additional source	Golikov, A. N.; Kussakin, O. G. (1978). Shell-bearing gastropods of the intertidal zone of the seas of the USSR. [Голиков А.Н., Кусакин О.Г. 1978. Раковинные брюхоногие моллюски литорали морей СССР. Определители по фауне СССР, издаваемые Зоологическим институтом АН СССР, 116: 292 с.]. Opredeliteli po faune SSSR, izdavayemye Zoologicheskim Institutom AN SSSR. 116: 1-292 [In Russian].
additional source	kawai, K. ; Yamaguchi, S. ; Ide, N. ; Goshima, S. (1994). Reproductive Cycle and Parasites Infection in the Neptune Whelk Neptunea arthritica in Lagoon Saroma. VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 53(2) :I05 - 112.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Neptunea arthritica (Valenciennes, 1858). 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:196600