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genus

Buccinum Linnaeus, 1758

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » order Neogastropoda » family Buccinidae - Whelks

Scientific synonyms

Bathybuccinum (Ovulatibuccinum) Golikov & Sirenko, 1988
Buccinum (Buccinum) Linnaeus, 1758
Buccinum (Thysanobuccinum) Golikov & Gulbin, 1980 in Golikov, 1980
Mada Jeffreys, 1867
Madiella Wenz, 1943
Mala Cossmann, 1901
Tritonellium Valenciennes, 1858
Tritonium O. F. Müller, 1776
Tritonium (Buccinum) Linnaeus, 1758

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Shell few-whorled; whorls ventricose; aperture large; canal very short, reflected; operculum lamellar, nucleus external. (Woodward, Manual of the Mollusca.)
TYPE. Buccinum undatum Linnaeus.
DISTRIBUTION. Northern and Antarctic seas, low water to 100 fathoms. Fossil: Miocene-Pliocene.

Oldroyd, I.S. The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Volume II.1.

Author: Jan Delsing

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Included taxa

Number of records: 172

species Buccinum abyssorum Verrill & Smith, 1884

species Buccinum acuminulatum Golikov, 1980

species Buccinum acutispiratum W. H. Dall, 1907

species Buccinum amaliae Verkruzen, 1878 ^inq.

species Buccinum angulosum Gray, 1839

species Buccinum aniwanum W. H. Dall, 1907

species Buccinum araitonum Tiba, 1981

species Buccinum argillaceum Golikov & Gulbin, 1977

species Buccinum baeri A. T. von Middendorff, 1848

species Buccinum bayani F. P. Jousseaume, 1883

species Buccinum belcheri L. A. Reeve, 1855

species Buccinum beringense Golikov, 1980

species Buccinum bizikovi Kantor et al., 2022

species Buccinum bombycinum W. H. Dall, 1907

species Buccinum bulimuloideum Dall, 1907

species Buccinum byssinum Tiba, 1983

species Buccinum chartium W. H. Dall, 1919

species Buccinum chinoi Kantor, Sirenko, Zvonareva & Fedosov, 2022

species Buccinum chishimanum H. A. Pilsbry, 1904

species Buccinum ciliatum Fabricius, 1780

species Buccinum cnismatopleura (Dall, 1919)

species Buccinum cnismatum W. H. Dall, 1907

species Buccinum concinnum Tiba, 1980

species Buccinum conoideum Sars G.O., 1878

species Buccinum coronatum Golikov, 1980

species Buccinum costatum A.N. Golikov, 1980

species Buccinum crebricarinatum Lus, 1978

species Buccinum crenatum Golikov & Gulbin, 1977

species Buccinum cristatum Golikov & Sirenko, 1988

species Buccinum cyaneum Bruguière, 1792

species Buccinum denseplicatum Golikov, 1980

species Buccinum derjugini P. Bartsch, 1929

species Buccinum diplodetum W. H. Dall, 1907

species Buccinum donovani Gray, 1839

species Buccinum ectomocyma W. H. Dall, 1907

species Buccinum elatior A. T. von Middendorff, 1849

species Buccinum elegantum Golikov & Gulbin, 1977

species Buccinum epifragilum Tiba, 1983

species Buccinum epistomium W. H. Dall, 1907

species Buccinum eugrammatum W. H. Dall, 1907

species Buccinum felis Okutani, 1964

species Buccinum finmarchianum Verkrüzen, 1875

species Buccinum fischerianum W. H. Dall, 1871

species Buccinum flavidum Golikov, 1980

species Buccinum fragile Verkruzen, 1878

species Buccinum frausseni Alexeyev & Gornichnykh, 2009

species Buccinum fringillum W. H. Dall, 1877

species Buccinum frustulatum Golikov, 1980

species Buccinum fukureum T. Habe & Ito, 1976

species Buccinum gadusense Fraussen & Terryn, 2021

species Buccinum glaciale Linnaeus, 1761

species Buccinum golikovi Kantor, Sirenko, Zvonareva & Fedosov, 2022

species Buccinum gouldii Verrill, 1882

species Buccinum gulbini Kantor, Sirenko, Zvonareva & Fedosov, 2022

species Buccinum habui Tiba, 1984

species Buccinum hasegawai Kantor et al., 2022

species Buccinum herzensteinii Verkrüzen, 1882

species Buccinum hosoyai T. Habe & Ito, 1965

species Buccinum humphreysianum Bennet, 1824

species Buccinum hydrophanum Hancock, 1846

species Buccinum inclytum H. A. Pilsbry, 1907

species Buccinum inexhaustum Verkrüzen, 1878

species Buccinum isaotakii Kira, 1959

species Buccinum japonicum A. Adams, 1861

species Buccinum jeffeysii Smith, 1875

species Buccinum kadiakense W. H. Dall, 1907

species Buccinum kashimanum Okutani, 1964

species Buccinum katharinae McLean & Clark, 2023

species Buccinum kawamurai T. Habe & Ito, 1965

species Buccinum kinukatsugi T. Habe & Ito, 1968

species Buccinum kjennerudae Ph. Bouchet & A. Warén, 1985

species Buccinum kobjakovae Golikov & Sirenko, 1988

species Buccinum koreanum B.L. Choe, S.H. Yoon & T. Habe, 1992

species Buccinum koshikinum Okutani in Okutani, Tagawa & Horikawa, 1988

species Buccinum koyamai T. Kuroda, 1931

species Buccinum kurilense A.N. Golikov & B.I. Sirenko, 1988

species Buccinum kurodai Kanehara, 1937

species Buccinum kushiroensis T. Habe & Ito, 1976

species Buccinum lamelliferum V.J. Lus, 1976

species Buccinum lanatum McLean & Clark, 2023

species Buccinum leucostoma Lischke, 1872

species Buccinum limnaenum A. Adams, 1860

species Buccinum limnoideum W. H. Dall, 1907

species Buccinum lischkeanum Loebbecke, 1881

species Buccinum longifiliare Tiba, 1983

species Buccinum lyperium W. H. Dall, 1919

species Buccinum macleani R. N. Clark, 2019

species Buccinum maehirai Tiba, 1980

species Buccinum maltzani G. Pfeffer, 1886

species Buccinum matchgarense Makiyama, 1935

species Buccinum micropoma Thorson, 1944

species Buccinum middendorffi Verkruzen, 1882

species Buccinum midori T. Habe & Ito, 1965

species Buccinum mirandum Smith, 1875

species Buccinum miyauchii Azuma, 1972

species Buccinum mizutanii T. Habe & Ito, 1970

species Buccinum moerchianum R. W. Dunker, 1858

species Buccinum mysticum Shikama, 1963

species Buccinum nakamurai Makiyama, 1935

species Buccinum nipponense W. H. Dall, 1907

species Buccinum nivale Friele, 1882

species Buccinum nodocostum Tiba, 1984

species Buccinum normale W. H. Dall, 1885

species Buccinum oblitum E. R. Sykes, 1911

species Buccinum obsoletum Golikov, 1980

species Buccinum ochotense (A. T. von Middendorff, 1851)

species Buccinum oedematum W. H. Dall, 1907

species Buccinum opisoplectum W.H. Dall, 1907

species Buccinum osagawai T. Habe & Ito, 1968

species Buccinum parvulum Verkrüzen, 1875

species Buccinum pemphigus W. H. Dall, 1907

species Buccinum percrassum W. H. Dall, 1883

species Buccinum planeticum W. H. Dall, 1919

species Buccinum plectrum Stimpson, 1865

species Buccinum polare Gray, 1839

species Buccinum polium W. H. Dall, 1907

species Buccinum pulchellum G. O. Sars, 1878

species Buccinum rarusum Tiba, 1984

species Buccinum rausanum Shikama, 1957

species Buccinum rausicum Shikama, 1952

species Buccinum rhodium W. H. Dall, 1919

species Buccinum rondinum W. H. Dall, 1919

species Buccinum rossellinum W. H. Dall, 1919

species Buccinum rossicum W. H. Dall, 1907

species Buccinum sagamianum Okutani, 1977

species Buccinum sakhalinense W. H. Dall, 1907

species Buccinum salmiana Rolle, 1892

species Buccinum sandersoni Verrill, 1882

species Buccinum scalariforme Möller, 1842

species Buccinum schantaricum A. T. von Middendorff, 1851

species Buccinum senshumaruae S. Kosuge & Ishiyama, 1971

species Buccinum shiretokoensis Habe & Itô, 1976

species Buccinum sigmatopleura W. H. Dall, 1907

species Buccinum simplex A. T. von Middendorff, 1848

species Buccinum simulatum W. H. Dall, 1907

species Buccinum sinanoense Makiyama, 1927

species Buccinum solenum W. H. Dall, 1919

species Buccinum solidum Golikov & Sirenko, 1988

species Buccinum soyomaruae Okutani, 1977

species Buccinum striatellum Golikov, 1980

species Buccinum striatissimum G. B. Sowerby III, 1899

species Buccinum strigillatum W. H. Dall, 1891

species Buccinum subreticulatum T. Habe & Ito, 1965

species Buccinum superangulare Thorson & Oskarsson in Oskarsson, 1962

species Buccinum suruganum W. H. Dall, 1907

species Buccinum suzumai T. Habe & Ito, 1980

species Buccinum tafon Deshayes, 1844

species Buccinum takagawai T. Habe & Ito, 1972

species Buccinum tanguaryi Baker, 1919

species Buccinum tenebrosum Hancock, 1846

species Buccinum tenellum W. H. Dall, 1883

species Buccinum tenue Gray, 1839

species Buccinum tenuicatum Golikov & Gulbin, 1977

species Buccinum tenuissimum G. B. Sowerby III, 1933

species Buccinum tenuisulcatum Golikov & Gulbin, 1977

species Buccinum terebriforme T. Habe & Ito, 1980

species Buccinum terraenovae Beck in Mörch, 1869

species Buccinum thermophilum Harasewych & Kantor, 2002

species Buccinum totteni Stimpson, 1865

species Buccinum trescotatum Tiba, 1980

species Buccinum tricarinatum W.H. Dall, 1877

species Buccinum tsubai T. Kuroda, 1933

species Buccinum tumidulum G. O. Sars, 1878

species Buccinum tunicatum Golikov & Gulbin, 1977

species Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758 - Common Whelk

species Buccinum unuscarinatum Tiba, 1980

species Buccinum verkruzeni Kobelt, 1883

species Buccinum verrucosum Tiba, 1980

species Buccinum viridum W. H. Dall, 1889

species Buccinum yokomaruae Yamashita & Habe, 1965

species Buccinum yoroianum Ozaki, 1958

species Buccinum zelotes W. H. Dall, 1907

Links and literature

The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1356227]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Buccinum Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019

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