Neptunea antiqua red whelk

Neptunea antiqua is commonly referred to as red whelk. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

Neptunea antiqua © Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

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AphiaID:: 138920

Scientific:: Neptunea antiqua
German:: Spindelschnecke, gemeine Spindelschnecke
English:: Red Whelk

Category:: Snäckor med skal

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Buccinidae (Family) > Neptunea (Genus) > antiqua (Species)
Initial determination:: (Linnaeus, ), 1758

Occurrence:: the North Sea, Arctic (North Polar Sea), East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Labrador Península, North Atlantic Ocean, the British Isles
Sea depth:: 0 - 1331 Meter
Size:: 3.94" - 7.87" (10cm - 20cm)
Temperature:: 41 °F - 71.6 °F (5°C - 22°C)
Food:: Carrion, Clams, Predatory, Snails, Worms
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Neptunea acutispiralis
Neptunea alabaster
Neptunea alexeyevi
Neptunea amianta
Neptunea antiqua
Spindelschnecke, gemeine Spindelschnecke
Neptunea arthritica
Neptunea aurigena
Neptunea beringiana
Neptunea borealis
Neptunea bulbacea
Neptunea communis
Neptunea constricta
Neptunea contraria
Neptunea convexa
Neptunea costaria
Neptunea cumingii
Neptunea cuspidis
Neptunea cybaea
Neptunea decemcostata
Neptunea denselirata
Neptunea despecta
kantige Spindelschnecke
Neptunea elegantula
Neptunea ennae
Neptunea eulimata
Neptunea frater
Neptunea fukueae
Neptunea gulbini
Neptunea gyroscopoides
Neptunea hedychra
Neptunea heros
Neptunea hesperica
Neptunea hiberna
Neptunea humboldtiana
Neptunea insularis
Neptunea intersculpta
Neptunea ithia
Neptunea jagudinae
Neptunea kuroshio
Neptunea laeva
Neptunea lamellosa
Neptunea laticostata
Neptunea lyrata
Neptunea magnanimita
Neptunea meridionalis
Neptunea middendorffiana
Neptunea mikawaensis
Neptunea multistriata
Neptunea nivea
Neptunea nodositella
Neptunea occaecata
Neptunea ochotensis
Neptunea oncodes
Neptunea phoenicea
Neptunea polycostata
Neptunea pribiloffensis
Neptunea purpurea
Neptunea robusta
Neptunea rugosa
Neptunea smirnia
Neptunea stilesi
Neptunea subdilatata
Neptunea tabulata
Neptunea tuberculata
Neptunea umbratica
Neptunea varicifera
Neptunea ventricosa
Neptunea vinlandica
Neptunea vinosa
Neptunea vladivostokensis

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-10-04 09:37:31
Last edit:: 2020-04-01 19:43:58

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Neptunea antiqua (Linnaeus, 1758)

The red whelk is a predator snail of colder seas, found particularly in the northern parts of the North Sea.But it also eats carrion. The color and shape of the shell of the red whelk can vary greatly. Its occurs mainly on soft substrata.

Biota >Animalia (Kingdom) >Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) >Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Buccinoidea (Superfamily) > Buccinidae (Family) >Neptunea (Genus)

External links

Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Homepage von Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
MarLIN – The Marine Life Information Network (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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