WoRMS taxon details
Neptuneopsis Sowerby III, 1898
AphiaID: 382282
AphiaID: 382282
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Volutidae (Family) > Calliotectinae (Subfamily) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Neptuneopsis gilchristi Sowerby III, 1898 (type by monotypy) | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Calliotectinae Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954 | |||||||||||||
| Source |
basis of record: Bail P. & Poppe G.T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS) [details] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Neptuneopsis gilchristi Sowerby III, 1898 | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diagnosis: Radula with vestigial lateral teeth. Protoconch large, bulbous, with a pronounced calcarella. [details] Distribution: Restricted to South African waters. [details] | |||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382282 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P.; Bail, P. (2013). Neptuneopsis Sowerby III, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382282 on 2013-05-22 | ||||||||||||||
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