WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Buccinidae Rafinesque, 1815

Buccinidae Rafinesque, 1815
AphiaID: 149

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Buccinoidea (Superfamily)

Status

accepted

Record
status

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Rank

Family

Parent

Buccinoidea

Synonymised
taxa

Cominellidae
Donovaniinae Casey, 1904
Neptuneidae Stimpson, 1865

Sources

basis of record: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005) Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1-2): 1-397. [details]

from synonym: Casey T.L. (1904) Notes on the Pleurotomidae with description of some new genera and species. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis, 14, 123–170., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2927060 [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names

Language	Name
Dutch	wulken	[details]
English	buccinum whelks	[details]
English	whelks	[details]
French	buccinidés	[details]
Swedish	valthornssnäckor	[details]

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Genus Aeneator Finlay, 1926

» Species Aeneator attenuatus Powell, 1927
» Species Aeneator benthicolus Dell, 1963
» Species Aeneator castillai McLean & Andrade, 1982
» Species Aeneator comptus (Finlay, 1924)
» Species Aeneator elegans (Suter, 1917)
» Species Aeneator fontainei (d'Orbigny, 1839)
» Species Aeneator galatheae Powell, 1958
» Species Aeneator loisae Rehder, 1971
» Species Aeneator marshalli (Murdoch, 1924)

» Subspecies Aeneator marshalli marshalli (Murdoch, 1924) †
» Subspecies Aeneator marshalli separabilis Dell, 1956

» Species Aeneator martae Araya, 2013
» Species Aeneator otagoensis Finlay, 1930
» Species Aeneator portentosus Fraussen & Sellanes, 2008
» Species Aeneator prognaviter Fraussen & Sellanes, 2008
» Species Aeneator recens (Dell, 1951)
» Species Aeneator valedictus (Watson, 1886)
» Species Aeneator benthicola [sic] accepted as Aeneator benthicolus Dell, 1963
» Species Aeneator valedicta [sic] accepted as Aeneator valedictus (Watson, 1886)

Genus Afer Conrad, 1858

» Species Afer afer (Gmelin, 1791)
» Species Afer africanus (Sowerby III, 1897)
» Species Afer echinatus Fraussen, 2008
» Species Afer ignifer Fraussen & Trencart, 2008
» Species Afer lansbergisi Delsaerdt, 1993
» Species Afer porphyrostoma (Reeve, 1847)
» Species Afer pseudofusinus Fraussen & Hadorn, 2000

Genus Afrocominella Iredale, 1918

» Species Afrocominella capensis (Dunker in Philippi, 1844)

» Subspecies Afrocominella capensis capensis (Dunker in Philippi, 1844)
» Subspecies Afrocominella capensis simoniana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)

» Species Afrocominella turtoni (Bartsch, 1915)
» Species Afrocominella elongata (Dunker, 1857) accepted as Afrocominella capensis simoniana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)
» Species Afrocominella multistriata (Turton, 1932) accepted as Afrocominella capensis simoniana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)

Genus Ameranna Landau & Vermeij, 2012

» Species Ameranna florida (Garcia, 2008)
» Species Ameranna milleri (Nowell-Usticke, 1959)
» Species Ameranna royalensis (Watters, 2009)
» Species Ameranna willemsae (De Jong & Coomans, 1988)

Genus Americominella Klappenbach & Ureta, 1972

» Species Americominella duartei Klappenbach & Ureta, 1972
» Species Americominella longisetosus (De Castellanos & Fernandez, 1972)
» Species Americominella perminuta (Dall, 1927)

Genus Ancistrolepis Dall, 1895

» Species Ancistrolepis californicus Dall, 1919
» Species Ancistrolepis eucosmius (Dall, 1891)

» Subspecies Ancistrolepis eucosmius eucosmius (Dall, 1891)
» Subspecies Ancistrolepis eucosmius koyamai Habe & Ito, 1971

» Subspecies Ancistrolepis magna uritai Kuroda, 1931 accepted as Clinopegma magnum unicum (Pilsbry, 1905)

» Species Ancistrolepis trochoideus (Dall, 1907) accepted as Bathyancistrolepis trochoideus (Dall, 1907)

» Subspecies Ancistrolepis trochoideus ovoideus Habe & Ito, 1965 accepted as Bathyancistrolepis trochoideus (Dall, 1907)
» Subspecies Ancistrolepis trochoideus tokoyodaensis Ozaki, 1958 † accepted as Bathyancistrolepis trochoideus (Dall, 1907)

Genus Anna Risso, 1826

» Species Anna capixaba Coltro & Dornellas, 2013
» Species Anna goncalvesi (Coltro, 2005)
» Species Anna marijkae (De Jong & Coomans, 1988)
» Species Anna massena Risso, 1826 † (nomen dubium)
» Species Anna assimilis (Reeve, 1846) accepted as Pollia assimilis (Reeve, 1846)
» Species Anna dorbignyi (Payraudeau, 1826) accepted as Pollia dorbignyi (Payraudeau, 1826)
» Species Anna florida Garcia, 2008 accepted as Ameranna florida (Garcia, 2008)
» Species Anna milleri (Nowell-Usticke, 1959) accepted as Ameranna milleri (Nowell-Usticke, 1959)
» Species Anna royalensis Watters, 2009 accepted as Ameranna royalensis (Watters, 2009)
» Species Anna scabra (Locard, 1892) accepted as Pollia scabra Locard, 1892
» Species Anna willemsae (De Jong & Coomans, 1988) accepted as Ameranna willemsae (De Jong & Coomans, 1988)

Genus Anomacme Strebel, 1905

» Species Anomacme smithi Strebel, 1905
» Species Anomacme multituberculata Castellanos, Rolán & Bartolotta, 1987 accepted as Meteuthria multituberculata (Castellanos, Rolán & Bartolotta, 1987)

Genus Anomalisipho Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912

» Species Anomalisipho acosmius (Dall, 1891)
» Species Anomalisipho altus (S. Wood, 1848)
» Species Anomalisipho conulus (Aurivillius, 1885)
» Species Anomalisipho verkruezeni (Kobelt, 1876)
» Species Anomalisipho virgata (Friele, 1879)
» Species Anomalisipho dautzenbergii Dall, 1916 accepted as Anomalisipho verkruezeni (Kobelt, 1876)
» Species Anomalisipho frielei Kantor, 1981 accepted as Anomalisipho verkruezeni (Kobelt, 1876)

Genus Antarctodomus Dell, 1972

» Species Antarctodomus powelli Dell, 1995
» Species Antarctodomus thielei (Powell, 1958)
» Species Antarctodomus okutanii Numanami, 1996 accepted as Falsimohnia okutanii (Numanami, 1996)

Genus Antarctoneptunea Dell, 1972

» Species Antarctoneptunea aurora (Hedley, 1916)

Genus Antillophos Woodring, 1928

Genus Antistreptus Dall, 1918

» Species Antistreptus contrarius (Thiele, 1912)
» Species Antistreptus magellanicus Dall, 1902
» Species Antistreptus perversus (Powell, 1951)
» Species Antistreptus reversus (Powell, 1958)
» Species Antistreptus rolani De Castellanos, 1986

Genus Aulacofusus Dall, 1918

» Species Aulacofusus brevicauda (Deshayes, 1832)

» Subspecies Aulacofusus brevicauda fortilirata (Sowerby, 1913)

» Species Aulacofusus calamaeus (Dall, 1907)
» Species Aulacofusus calathus (Dall, 1919)
» Species Aulacofusus coerulescens Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961
» Species Aulacofusus esychus (Dall, 1907)

» Subspecies Aulacofusus esychus esychus (Dall, 1907)
» Subspecies Aulacofusus esychus shikotanicus (Golikov & Gulbin, 1977)

» Subspecies Aulacofusus schantaricus kurilensis Golikov & Gulbin, 1977 accepted as Aulacofusus brevicauda (Deshayes, 1832)

» Species Aulacofusus severinus Dall, 1919 accepted as Latisipho severinus (Dall, 1919)
» Species Aulacofusus timetus Dall, 1919 accepted as Latisipho timetus (Dall, 1919)

Genus Austrofusus Kobelt, 1879

» Species Austrofusus chathamensis Finlay, 1928
» Species Austrofusus glans (Röding, 1798)

Genus Bailya M. Smith, 1944

» Species Bailya anomala (Hinds, 1844)
» Species Bailya cidaris Watters, 2013
» Species Bailya intricata (Dall, 1884)
» Species Bailya morgani Watters, 2009
» Species Bailya parva (C. B. Adams, 1850)
» Species Bailya sanctorum Watters, 2009
» Subgenus Bailya (Bailya) M. Smith, 1944 represented as Bailya M. Smith, 1944 (alternate representation)

» Species Bailya (Bailya) anomala (Hinds, 1844) represented as Bailya anomala (Hinds, 1844) (alternate representation)
» Species Bailya (Bailya) cidaris Watters, 2013 represented as Bailya cidaris Watters, 2013 (alternate representation)

» Subgenus Bailya (Parabailya) Watters & Finlay, 1989 accepted as Monostiolum Dall, 1904
» Species Bailya marijkae De Jong & Coomans, 1988 accepted as Ameranna milleri (Nowell-Usticke, 1959)
» Species Bailya milleri Nowell-Usticke, 1959 accepted as Ameranna milleri (Nowell-Usticke, 1959)
» Species Bailya weberi (Watters, 1983) accepted as Monostiolum weberi (Watters, 1983)

Genus Barbitonia Dall, 1916

» Species Barbitonia arthritica (Bernardi, 1857)

» Subspecies Barbitonia arthritica arthritica (Valenciennes, 1858)
» Subspecies Barbitonia arthritica lurida (A. Adams, 1863)

Genus Bartschia Rehder, 1943

» Species Bartschia frumari Garcia, 2008
» Species Bartschia significans Rehder, 1943
» Species Bartschia taiwanensis K. Y. Lai & B. S. Jung, 2012 accepted as Belomitra brachytoma (Schepman, 1913)

Genus Bathyancistrolepis Habe & Ito, 1968

» Species Bathyancistrolepis trochoideus (Dall, 1907)

» Subspecies Bathyancistrolepis trochoideus ovoideus (Habe & Ito, 1965) accepted as Bathyancistrolepis trochoideus (Dall, 1907)
» Subspecies Bathyancistrolepis trochoideus trochoideus (Dall, 1907) accepted as Bathyancistrolepis trochoideus (Dall, 1907)

Genus Bathybuccinum Golikov & Sirenko, 1989

» Species Bathybuccinum bicordatum Golikov & Sirenko, 1988
» Species Bathybuccinum clarki Kantor & Harasewych, 1998
» Species Bathybuccinum higuchii Fraussen & Chino, 2009
» Species Bathybuccinum unicordatum Golikov & Sirenko, 1988
» Species Bathybuccinum yadai Fraussen & Chino, 2009

Genus Bathydomus Thiele, 1912

» Species Bathydomus calathiscus (Watson, 1882)
» Species Bathydomus obtectus Thiele, 1912
» Species Bathydomus setosus (Watson, 1882)
» Species Bathydomus thielei Powell, 1958 accepted as Antarctodomus thielei (Powell, 1958)

Genus Bayerius Olsson, 1971

» Species Bayerius arnoldi (Lus, 1981)
» Species Bayerius fragilissimus (Dall, 1908)
» Species Bayerius peruvianus Warén & Bouchet, 2001

Genus Beringius Dall, 1887

Genus Buccinulum Deshayes, 1830

» Species Buccinulum brunobrianoi Parth, 1993
» Species Buccinulum clarcki (Tenison - Woods, 1875)
» Species Buccinulum colensoi (Suter, 1908)
» Species Buccinulum flexicostatum Dell, 1956
» Species Buccinulum fuscozonatum (Suter, 1908)
» Species Buccinulum linea (Martyn, 1784)
» Species Buccinulum lineare Reeve, 1846
» Species Buccinulum mariae Powell, 1940
» Species Buccinulum pallidum Finlay, 1928

» Subspecies Buccinulum pallidum pallidum Finlay, 1928
» Subspecies Buccinulum pallidum powelli Ponder, 1971

» Species Buccinulum pertinax Martens, 1878

» Subspecies Buccinulum pertinax finlayi Powell, 1929
» Subspecies Buccinulum pertinax pertinax (Martens, 1878)

» Species Buccinulum ponsonbyi (Sowerby III, 1889)
» Species Buccinulum queketti (E. A. Smith, 1901)
» Species Buccinulum robustum Powell, 1929
» Species Buccinulum turrita (Tenison-Woods, 1875)
» Species Buccinulum vittatum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

» Subspecies Buccinulum vittatum bicinctum (Hutton, 1873)
» Subspecies Buccinulum vittatum littorinoides (Reeve, 1846)
» Subspecies Buccinulum vittatum vittatum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

» Species Buccinulum corneum (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Euthria cornea (Linnaeus, 1758)
» Species Buccinulum finlayi Powell, 1929 accepted as Buccinulum pertinax finlayi Powell, 1929
» Species Buccinulum heteromorphum Powell, 1929 accepted as Buccinulum vittatum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

» Subspecies Buccinulum heteromorphum bucknilli Powell, 1929 accepted as Buccinulum vittatum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
» Subspecies Buccinulum heteromorphum heteromorphum Powell, 1929 accepted as Buccinulum vittatum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

» Species Buccinulum kaikouraense Powell, 1929 accepted as Buccinulum vittatum littorinoides (Reeve, 1846)
» Species Buccinulum maketuense Powell, 1929 accepted as Buccinulum vittatum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
» Species Buccinulum marwicki (Finlay, 1928) accepted as Buccinulum pertinax Martens, 1878

» Subspecies Buccinulum marwicki stewartianum Powell, 1929 accepted as Buccinulum pertinax Martens, 1878

» Species Buccinulum motutaraense Powell, 1929 accepted as Buccinulum vittatum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
» Species Buccinulum multilineum Powell, 1929 accepted as Buccinulum linea (Martyn, 1784)
» Species Buccinulum mutabile Powell, 1929 accepted as Buccinulum pertinax Martens, 1878
» Species Buccinulum squalidum Powell, 1929 accepted as Buccinulum linea (Martyn, 1784)
» Species Buccinulum strebeli (Suter, 1908) accepted as Buccinulum vittatum littorinoides (Reeve, 1846)

» Subspecies Buccinulum strebeli exsculptum Powell, 1929 accepted as Buccinulum vittatum littorinoides (Reeve, 1846)
» Subspecies Buccinulum strebeli mestayerae Powell, 1929 accepted as Buccinulum vittatum littorinoides (Reeve, 1846)

» Species Buccinulum sufflatum Finlay, 1926 accepted as Buccinulum linea (Martyn, 1784)

» Subspecies Buccinulum sufflatum decoratum Powell, 1929 accepted as Buccinulum linea (Martyn, 1784)

» Species Buccinulum tenuistriatum Powell, 1929 accepted as Buccinulum pallidum Finlay, 1928

Genus Buccinum Linnaeus, 1758

» Species Buccinum abyssorum Verrill & Smith, 1884
» Species Buccinum acuminulatum Golikov, 1980
» Species Buccinum acutispiratum Dall, 1907
» Species Buccinum aleuticum Dall, 1895
» Species Buccinum angulosum Gray, 1839

» Subspecies Buccinum angulosum angulosum Gray, 1839
» Subspecies Buccinum angulosum transliratum Dall, 1919

» Subspecies Buccinum ciliatum ciliatum Fabricius, 1780
» Subspecies Buccinum ciliatum sericatum Hancock, 1846

» Species Buccinum cnismatopleura Dall, 1919
» Species Buccinum cnismatum Dall, 1907

» Subspecies Buccinum cnismatum chibanum Kuroda, 1964
» Subspecies Buccinum cnismatum cnismatum Dall, 1907

» Species Buccinum conoideum G. O. Sars, 1878
» Species Buccinum coronatum Golikov, 1980
» Species Buccinum costatum Golikov, 1980
» Species Buccinum crebricarinatum Lus, 1978
» Species Buccinum crebricostatum Lus, 1978
» Species Buccinum crenatum Golikov & Gulbin, 1977
» Species Buccinum cristatum Golikov & Sirenko, 1988
» Species Buccinum cyaneum Bruguière, 1792

» Subspecies Buccinum cyaneum cyaneum Bruguière, 1792 accepted as Buccinum cyaneum Bruguière, 1792
» Subspecies Buccinum cyaneum patulum G. O. Sars, 1878 accepted as Buccinum cyaneum Bruguière, 1792

» Species Buccinum denseplicatum Golikov, 1980
» Species Buccinum diplodetum Dall, 1907
» Species Buccinum ectomycina Dall, 1907

» Subspecies Buccinum ectomycina beringense Golikov, 1980
» Subspecies Buccinum ectomycina ectomycina Dall, 1907

» Species Buccinum elatior (Tryon, 1880)
» Species Buccinum elegantum Golikov & Gulbin, 1977

» Subspecies Buccinum elegantum elegantum Golikov & Gulbin, 1977

» Species Buccinum epifragilum Tiba, 1983

» Subspecies Buccinum epifragilum epifragilum Tiba, 1983

» Species Buccinum epistomium Dall, 1907

» Subspecies Buccinum epistomium epistomium Dall, 1907
» Subspecies Buccinum epistomium noguchii Habe & Ito, 1965

» Species Buccinum eugrammatum Dall, 1907
» Species Buccinum felis Okutani, 1964
» Species Buccinum finmarkianum Verkrüzen, 1875

» Subspecies Buccinum finmarkianum conspicuum Verkruzen, 1881
» Subspecies Buccinum finmarkianum finmarkianum Verkruzen, 1875

» Species Buccinum flavidum Golikov, 1980
» Species Buccinum fragile G. O. Sars, 1878

» Subspecies Buccinum fragile fragile Verkruzen in O. G. Sars, 1878
» Subspecies Buccinum fragile sandersoni Verrill, 1882

» Species Buccinum frausseni Alexeyev & Gornichnykh, 2009

» Subspecies Buccinum frausseni gracilis Alexeyev & Gornichnykh, 2009

» Subspecies Buccinum mirandum mirandum Smith, 1875
» Subspecies Buccinum mirandum picturatum Dall, 1877

» Subspecies Buccinum pemphigus pemphigus Dall, 1907

» Forma Buccinum pemphigus pemphigus f. major Dall, 1919 accepted as Buccinum pemphigus pemphigus Dall, 1907

» Subspecies Buccinum pemphigus rausanum Shikama, 1957

» Species Buccinum percrassum Dall, 1883
» Species Buccinum physematum Dall, 1919
» Species Buccinum pilosum Golikov & Gulbin, 1977
» Species Buccinum planeticum Dall, 1919
» Species Buccinum plectrum Stimpson, 1865
» Species Buccinum polare Gray, 1839
» Species Buccinum polium Dall, 1907

» Subspecies Buccinum polium polium Dall, 1907

» Species Buccinum pulchellum G. O. Sars, 1878
» Species Buccinum rarusum Tiba, 1984
» Species Buccinum rhodium Dall, 1919
» Species Buccinum rondinum Dall, 1919
» Species Buccinum rossellinum Dall, 1919
» Species Buccinum rossicum Dall, 1907
» Species Buccinum rubiginosum Reeve, 1846

» Variety Buccinum rubiginosum var. subcostata Krauss, 1848 accepted as Pollia subcostata (Krauss, 1848)

» Subspecies Buccinum strigillatum fucanum Dall, 1907
» Subspecies Buccinum strigillatum strigillatum Dall, 1891

» Species Buccinum (Bullia) diluta Krauss, 1848 accepted as Bullia diluta (Krauss, 1848)
» Species Buccinum (Bullia) velatum gould, 1850 accepted as Nassarius reeveanus (Dunker, 1847)

» Subgenus Buccinum (Nassa) accepted as Nassarius Duméril, 1805

» Species Buccinum (Nassa) capense Dunker, 1846 accepted as Nassarius capensis (Dunker, 1846)
» Species Buccinum (Nassa) kochianum Dunker, 1846 accepted as Nassarius kochianus (Dunker, 1846)
» Species Buccinum (Nassa) kraussianum Dunker, 1846 accepted as Nassarius kraussianus (Dunker, 1846)
» Species Buccinum (Nassa) semiplicatum Dunker, 1853 accepted as Nassarius gaudiosus (Hinds, 1844)
» Species Buccinum (Nassa) webbei Petit de la Saussaye, 1850 accepted as Nassarius turbineus (Gould, 1845)

» Subspecies Buccinum australe otaheitense Chemnitz, 1788 accepted as Bullia othaeitensis (Bruguière, 1789)

Environment

marine

Feedingtypes

omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]

Links

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Note

Distribution: Besides Colus gracilis (Da Costa, 1778), Neptunea antiqua (Linnaeus, 1758) and Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758, possiblly other (sub-fossil or non-native) Buccinid species occur at the Belgian coast as well. [details]

LSID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149

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Date	action	by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z	created	db_admin
2009-02-02 11:06:43Z	changed	Gofas, Serge
2010-10-10 10:26:13Z	changed	Bouchet, Philippe

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Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Buccinidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149 on 2013-05-19

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