North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Neptunea decemcostata (Say, 1826)

AphiaID

491164 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:491164)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Neptunea Röding, 1798

Original name

Fusus decemcostatus Say, 1826

Synonymised names

Neptunea lyrata decemcostata (Say, 1826) · unaccepted

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Subspecies Neptunea decemcostata clenchi A. H. Clarke, 1956 accepted as Neptunea despecta (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Say, T. (1826). Descriptions of marine shells recently discovered on the coast of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 5(2):207-221., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24657265
page(s): 214-215; note: originally spelled F. 10-costatus [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Neptunea decemcostata (Say, 1826). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=491164 on 2026-09-07

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Neptunea decemcostata (Say, 1826). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=491164 on 2026-09-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2010-07-19 15:09:49Z

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Tran, Bastien

2010-07-19 15:09:49Z

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Fraussen, Koen

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original description (of ) Say, T. (1826). Descriptions of marine shells recently discovered on the coast of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 5(2):207-221., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24657265
page(s): 214-215; note: originally spelled F. 10-costatus [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]