Neptunea heros
creator: Huettmann, Falk
creator: Fraussen, Koen
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
creator: Kantor, Yuri
creator: Auffenberg, Kurt
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Neptunea heros (J. E. Gray, 1850)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Neptunea heros (J. E. Gray, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254479 on 2026-08-29
created: 2007-12-17T12:39:20Z
modified: 2023-11-28T20:24:23Z
replaces: 760786
replaces: 760788
replaces: 760743
replaces: 1593859
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Neptunea heros (J. E. Gray, 1850)
class: Gastropoda
family: Buccinidae
genus: Neptunea
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Dall, W. H. (1919). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean in the collection of the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 56 (2295): 293-371.
name published in: Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910.
name published in: Gray J. E. (1850). Description of a new species of Chrysodomus, from the mouth of Mackenzie River. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 18: 14-15.
name published in year: 1919
name published in year: 1791
name published in year: 1850
order: Neogastropoda
parent name usage ID: 137710
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: (J. E. Gray, 1850)
specific epithet: heros
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted