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Taxon: Family Buccinidae Rafinesque, 1815 - whelks (mollusc)

Entity:

Authorship

SN2000 author citation

:

C.S. Rafinesque, 1815

Types

Nominotypical taxon of	:	*Buccinoidea* (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]	:	*Buccininae* (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815

Variants

Incorrect spelling

:

Buccininae (Family) Springsteen & Leobrera, 1986, orth. inval.

Ref: F.J. Springsteen & F.M. Leobrera, 1986: 164, 364. [inferred]

Synonyms

Synonymous name	:	*Chrysodomidae* (Family) Dall, 1870		Ref: S.P. Parker (ed.), 1982: 1093.
Including	:	*Buccinulidae* (Family) Finlay, 1928		Ref: S.P. Parker (ed.), 1982: 1093.
Including	:	*Cominellidae* (Family)		Ref: S.P. Parker (ed.), 1982: 1093.
Including	:	*Neptuneidae* (Family) Stimpson, 1865		Ref: S.P. Parker (ed.), 1982: 1093.
Including	:	*Photidae* (Family) Kröyer		Ref: S.P. Parker (ed.), 1982: 1093.
Questionably Correct name	:	*Ceryciidae* (Family) van der Hoeven, 1850, nom. inval.		Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005: 47 ("he may simply have corrected Buccinidae on linguistic grounds").
Vernacular name	:	*les Buccins* (Family)

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name

:

wulken

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name	:	whelks
	:	buccinum whelks	Ref: R.T. Abbott, 1990

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