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Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Buccinidae buccinum whelks

Genus: Neptunea

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25 species (see list below)
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Neptunea amianta
[]
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Neptunea antiqua
[Red whelk]
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Max. Length 9.4 cm TL
 
Neptunea arthritica
[Neptune whelk]
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Neptunea beringiana
[]
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Neptunea borealis
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Coltro, Marcus

Northeast Pacific and Arc
Max. Length 12.3 cm DL
Neptunea communis(Middendorff, 1848)

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Neptunea communis
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Neptunea decemcostata
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Neptunea denselirata
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Coltro, Marcus

Arctic and Northern Atlan
Max. Length 11 cm DL
Neptunea despecta(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Neptunea despecta
[Rejected neptune]
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Neptunea eulimata
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Miller, Todd

Arctic, Northern Pacific

Neptunea heros(Gray, 1850)

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Neptunea heros
[Northern neptune]
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Neptunea insularis
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Neptunea intersculpta
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Neptunea ithia
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Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic Ocean, N
Max. Length 16.5 cm SHH
Neptunea lyrata(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Neptunea lyrata
[Lyre whelk]
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Neptunea mcleani
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Neptunea middendorffiana
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Neptunea oncodes
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Max. Length 11 cm SHH
 
Neptunea phoenicea
[Phoenician whelk]
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Neptunea pribiloffensis
[Pribilof whelk]
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Max. Length 11 cm NG
 
Neptunea smirnia
[Smirnia whelk]
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Max. Length 11 cm NG
 
Neptunea tabulata
[Tabled whelk]
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Neptunea varicifera
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Neptunea ventricosa
[Fat whelk]
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Neptunea vinosa
[Wine whelk]


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