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Neptunea intersculpta (G. B. Sowerby III, 1899)
491173 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:491173)
accepted
Species
Chrysodomus intersculptus G. B. Sowerby III, 1899 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Neptunea (Neptunea) intersculpta (G. B. Sowerby III, 1899) · alternative representation
Neptunea uwasoensis Otuka, 1935 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Chrysodomus intersculptus G. B. Sowerby III, 1899) Sowerby, G. B., III. (1899). Description of two new species of shells from Japan. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 7.</em> 4(19): 370-372., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19209113
page(s): 371-372, fig. 2 [details]
page(s): 371-372, fig. 2 [details]
Type locality contained in Sea of Japan
, Note Japan, central Honshu Island, Tango peninsula
type locality contained in Sea of Japan [details]
Type locality Japan, central Honshu Island, Tango peninsula [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Neptunea intersculpta (G. B. Sowerby III, 1899). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=491173 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Chrysodomus intersculptus G. B. Sowerby III, 1899) Sowerby, G. B., III. (1899). Description of two new species of shells from Japan. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 7.</em> 4(19): 370-372., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19209113
page(s): 371-372, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Neptunea uwasoensis Otuka, 1935 †) Otuka J. (1935). Stratigraphy of the northeastern part of the Oti Graben, Ishikawa Prefecture. <em>Journal of the Geological Society of Japan,.</em> 42(503): 483-510.
page(s): 510, fig. 3g [details]
basis of record Fraussen K. & Terryn Y. (2007). The family Buccinidae. Genus <i>Neptunea</i>. <i>In</i>: A Conchological Iconography [Directed by Guido T. Poppe & Klaus Groh]. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 159 pp., 154 pls. [details]
additional source Hasegawa K. (2009) Upper bathyal gastropods of the Pacific coast of northern Honshu, Japan, chiefly collected by R/V Wakataka-maru. In: T. Fujita (ed.), Deep-sea fauna and pollutants off Pacific coast of northern Japan. <i> National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs</i> 39: 225-383. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Golikov A.N. & Sirenko B.I. (1998) Prosobranch gastropods of the continental slope of Kurile Islands.[In Russian] <i>Ruthenica</i> 8(2): 91–135.
page(s): 116, fig. 8 K [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 371-372, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Neptunea uwasoensis Otuka, 1935 †) Otuka J. (1935). Stratigraphy of the northeastern part of the Oti Graben, Ishikawa Prefecture. <em>Journal of the Geological Society of Japan,.</em> 42(503): 483-510.
page(s): 510, fig. 3g [details]
basis of record Fraussen K. & Terryn Y. (2007). The family Buccinidae. Genus <i>Neptunea</i>. <i>In</i>: A Conchological Iconography [Directed by Guido T. Poppe & Klaus Groh]. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 159 pp., 154 pls. [details]
additional source Hasegawa K. (2009) Upper bathyal gastropods of the Pacific coast of northern Honshu, Japan, chiefly collected by R/V Wakataka-maru. In: T. Fujita (ed.), Deep-sea fauna and pollutants off Pacific coast of northern Japan. <i> National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs</i> 39: 225-383. [details] Available for editors

additional source Golikov A.N. & Sirenko B.I. (1998) Prosobranch gastropods of the continental slope of Kurile Islands.[In Russian] <i>Ruthenica</i> 8(2): 91–135.
page(s): 116, fig. 8 K [details] Available for editors





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Type locality Japan, central Honshu Island, Tango peninsula [details]
To Malacopics (Neptunea intersculpta (G. B. Sowerby III, 1899) Japan, Hokkaidô, Hidaka, Mombetsu, at 90-180 m depth, collected 1982, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Neptunea intersculpta (G. B. Sowerby III, 1899) Japan, Hokkaidô, off Kushiro, in shell trap, mud bottom, at 250 m depth, collected July 1988, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To Malacopics (Neptunea intersculpta (G. B. Sowerby III, 1899) Japan, Hokkaidô, off Kushiro, in shell trap, mud bottom, at 250 m depth, collected July 1988, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)