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Neptunea arthritica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Buccinidae
Genus:	Neptunea
Species:	N. arthritica
Binomial name
	Neptunea arthritica; (Valenciennes, 1858)
Synonyms
	Barbitonia arthritica (Valenciennes, 1858); Barbitonia arthritica arthritica (Valenciennes, 1858); Barbitonia arthritica lurida (A. Adams, 1863); Fusus arthriticus Valenciennes, 1858 (original combination); Neptunea arthritica (Valenciennes, 1858); Neptunea arthritica var. asamusi Nomura & Hatai, 1937; Neptunea arthritica var. matusima Nomura & Hatai, 1937; Neptunea lurida A. Adams, 1863;

Neptunea arthritica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 75.4 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs off Japan and as an alien species in the Black Sea.

Toxicity

N. arthritica contains toxic tetramethylammonium salts (referred to as "tetramine" in this context) in its tissues, especially the salivary gland, and has the potential to cause human poisoning.^[2]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Neptunea arthritica (Valenciennes, 1858). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196600 on 2021-09-20
^ M. Asano and M. Itoh (1960). "Salivary poison of a marine gastropod, Neptunea arthritica Bernardi, and the seasonal variation of its toxicity." Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 90 674-688.
^ U. Anthoni, L. Bohlin, C. Larsen, P. Nielsen, N. H. Nielsen, and C. Christophersen (1989). "Tetramine: Occurrence in marine organisms and pharmacology." Toxicon 27 707-716.

Shadrin, N.V., Mironov, S.S. & Golicov, A.N., 2002. A finding of the alive Neptunea arthritica (Bernardi, 1857) (Gastropoda, Buccinidae) in the Black Sea. Ekologiya Morya 62:29.