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Arthritic neptune

Neptunea arthritica (Valenciennes, 1858)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The arthritic neptune (Neptunea arthritica) is a species in the family Buccinidae, order Neogastropoda.

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Quick facts about the arthritic neptune

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the arthritic neptune live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the arthritic neptune as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Bulgaria
  2. Ukraine

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the arthritic neptune endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the arthritic neptune classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderNeogastropoda
  5. familyBuccinidae
  6. genusNeptunea
  7. SpeciesNeptunea arthritica (Valenciennes, 1858)

Synonyms Barbitonia arthritica, Barbitonia arthritica arthritica, Barbitonia arthritica lurida, Chrysodomus arthritica, Chrysodomus arthriticus, Fusus arthriticus, Neptunea arthritica, Neptunea arthritica var. asamusi, Neptunea arthritica var. matusima, Neptunea lurida, Tritonium arthriticum

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • neptunka čínskáCzech
  • ヒメエゾボラJapanese
  • 관절매물고둥Korean
  • Нептунея артритнаяRussian
  • Артритическая нептунеяRussian
  • Нептунея артритическаяRussian
  • Нептунея узловатаяRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the arthritic neptune

Other species in the same genus Neptunea.

Buckie

Neptunea antiqua

BuccinidaeNo free photo yet

Lyre whelk

Neptunea lyrata

BuccinidaeNo free photo yet

Fat whelk

Neptunea ventricosa

BuccinidaeNo free photo yet

Ezo neptune

Neptunea polycostata

BuccinidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the arthritic neptune an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the arthritic neptune as introduced in 2 countries: Bulgaria and Ukraine, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the arthritic neptune?

The arthritic neptune (Neptunea arthritica) belongs to the family Buccinidae in the order Neogastropoda.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Arthritic neptune (Neptunea arthritica). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/arthritic-neptune

MLA

“Arthritic neptune (Neptunea arthritica).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/arthritic-neptune.

BibTeX
@misc{arthritic_neptune_2026,
  title = {Arthritic neptune (Neptunea arthritica)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/arthritic-neptune},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}