North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

MSBIAS taxon details

Neptunea contraria (Linnaeus, 1771)

Neptunea contraria (Linnaeus, 1771) - Off San Vicente de la Barquera (Cantabria - E), 07.1995, 125.0 mm

AphiaID

138922 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138922)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Neptunea Röding, 1798

Original name

Murex contrarius Linnaeus, 1771

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus C. (1771). Mantissa plantarum: Generum editionis VI. et specierum editionis II. L. Salvius, Holmiae. Vol. Mantissa [2] altera: Regni Animalis Appendix: 521-552. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42945322
page(s): 551 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Neptunea contraria (Linnaeus, 1771). Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2024) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138922 on 2025-03-20

Regional species database citation

The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Neptunea contraria (Linnaeus, 1771). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138922 on 2025-03-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2005-04-16 10:28:02Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-08-14 13:08:19Z

checked

Gofas, Serge

2010-07-19 15:09:49Z

checked

Fraussen, Koen

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Linnaeus C. (1771). Mantissa plantarum: Generum editionis VI. et specierum editionis II. L. Salvius, Holmiae. Vol. Mantissa [2] altera: Regni Animalis Appendix: 521-552. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42945322
page(s): 551 [details]

context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]

basis of record Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico. supplement 1: 121-296., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/140763 [details]

basis of record Fraussen K. & Terryn Y. (2007). The family Buccinidae. Genus Neptunea. In: A Conchological Iconography [Directed by Guido T. Poppe & Klaus Groh]. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 159 pp., 154 pls. [details]

additional source Rehder, H. A. (1942). The genotype of Neptunea. The Nautilus. 56(2): 69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520172 [details]

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. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (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] Available for editors