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Neptunea antiqua (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 138920

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Buccinoidea (Superfamily) > Buccinidae (Family) > Neptunea (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Neptunea Röding, 1798
Synonymised
taxa
  Murex antiquus Linnaeus, 1758
Sources  basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (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: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Fraussen K. (2010). Buccinidae checklist. Pers. Com. [details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

additional source: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Danish rødkonk  [details]
Dutch gewone noordhoren  [details]
Dutch noordhoren  [details]
English red whelk  [details]
German gemeine Spindelschnecke  [details]
German Spindelschnecke  [details]
Swedish neptunussnäcka  [details]
Direct child
taxa

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Subspecies Neptunea antiqua japonica Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912 accepted as Neptunea intersculpta (G. B. Sowerby III, 1899)
Environment marine
Distribution Arctic Ocean [details]
Baltic sea [details]
Bay of Biscay [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
De Haan [details]
Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
German Bight [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
North East Atlantic [details]
North Sea [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wimereux [details]
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
Links Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (110 publications)
To CLEMAM
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Note  Distribution: Locally common around much of British Isles, less so in south and off west coast of Ireland [details]
Images 
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Dautzenberg & Fischer (1912, pl. 03)
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Neptunea antiqua
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Neptunea antiqua
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138920
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2010-07-19 15:09:49Z  checked  Fraussen, Koen
  
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  Citation: Fraussen, K.; Gofas, S. (2013). Neptunea antiqua (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138920 on 2013-05-26
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