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Neptunea aurigena
| Description | Neptunea aurigena is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptunea_aurigena, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : Neptunea : Neptunea aurigena | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Generic Name | Neptunea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Neptunea aurigena Fraussen & Terry, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptunea_aurigena |
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Neptunea aurigena apeliota subspecies | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Neptunea aurigena aurigena Fraussen & Terryn, 2007 | GBIF | subspecies | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : Neptunea : Neptunea aurigena aurigena |
References
| 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. - via Catalogue of Life |
| 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. - via World Register of Marine Species |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
