Antarctoneptunea

Antarctoneptunea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Antarctoneptunea
Dell, 1972

Antarctoneptunea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1][2][3]


Distribution

Antatctonetpunea marine snails occur in the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica, particularly in the Ross Sea.[1][4][2]

Evolution

Molecular phylogenetic trees based on mitochondrial genomic and nuclear ribosomal DNA sequence data indicate that Antarctoneptunea is closely related to the Northern Hemisphere genus Kelletia, and Penion siphon whelks found in New Zealand and Australia.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Antarctoneptunea include:

References

  1. 1 2 Dell, Richard K. (1972). "A new genus of Antarctic buccinid gastropod". Records of the Dominion Museum. 8: 115–119.
  2. 1 2 3 Vaux, Felix; Hills, Simon F.K.; Marshall, Bruce A.; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2017). "A phylogeny of Southern Hemisphere whelks (Gastropoda: Buccinulidae) and concordance with the fossil record". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 114 (2017): 367–381. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.06.018.
  3. ↑ Antarctoneptunea Dell, 1972.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  4. ↑ Dell R.K., Antarctic Mollusca with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea, The Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin 27.
  5. ↑ Antarctoneptunea aurora (Hedley, 1916).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
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