Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Buccinoidea > Family Buccinidae > Genus Neptunea

Neptunea contraria (Linnaeus, 1771)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Neptunea*	Röding, 1798	accepted genus name
*Neptunia*	Locard, 1886	synonym

Species group names

*Murex contrarius*	Linnaeus, 1771	basionym
*Fusus perversus*	Kiener, 1840	synonym
*Fusus sinistrorsus*	Deshayes, 1832	synonym
*Murex contrarius*	Linnaeus, 1771	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Fraussen K. & Terryn Y. (2007). The Family Buccnidae. Genus Neptunea. In: A Conchological Iconography [Directed by Guido T. Poppe & Klaus Groh]. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 159 pp., 154 pl.
basis of record	Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico Suppl. 1: 121-296
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.
additional source	de Kluijver, M.J.; Ingalsuo, S.S.; de Bruyne, R.H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (60 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Fraussen, K.; Gofas, S. (2014). Neptunea contraria (Linnaeus, 1771). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138922