Abstract

Three rare and little known species of the genus Neptunea Röding, 1798 from continental slope of the eastern Bering Sea are discussed. The rediscovery of the enigmatic Neptunea insularis (Dall, 1895), a range extension for Neptunea alabaster Alexeyev & Fraussen, 2005, and a new species, unique amongst Neptunea in having five cusps on the lateral teeth, of the radula, opposed to three found in nearly all other Neptunea. The three species are described herein and their distributions defined.

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