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Buccinum
Linnaeus, 1758
(mollusc)
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Entity:
Buccinini (Tribe)
..Aeneator (Genus)
..Afrocominella (Genus)
..Americominella (Genus)
..Antillophos (Genus)
..Austrofusus (Genus)
..Bathydomus (Genus)
..Bayerius (Genus)
..Belomitra (Genus)
..Burnupena (Genus)
..Clea (Genus)
..Eosipho (Genus)
..Euthrenopsis (Genus)
..Euthria (Genus)
..Euthriostoma (Genus)
..Fax (Genus)
..Kapala (Genus)
..Kelletia (Genus)
..Neoteron (Genus)
..Penion (Genus)
..Plicifusus (Genus)
..Savatieria (Genus)
..Siphonofusus (Genus)
..Tasmeuthria (Genus)
..Trajana (Genus)
..Volutharpa (Genus)
..Buccinum (Genus)
....Buccinum (Subgenus)
....Buccinum abyssorum (Species) - shingled whelk
....Buccinum angulosum (Species) - angular whelk
....Buccinum baeri (Species) - Baer's buccinum
....Buccinum belcheri (Species)
....Buccinum ciliatum (Species)
....Buccinum conoideum (Species)
....Buccinum cyaneum (Species) - bluish whelk
....Buccinum finmarchianum (Species)
....Buccinum glaciale (Species) - glacial whelk
....Buccinum humphreysianum (Species) - Humphrey's buccinum
....Buccinum hydrophanum (Species) - flaky buccinum
....Buccinum kjennerudae (Species)
....Buccinum maltzani (Species)
....Buccinum micropoma (Species) - berry whelk
....Buccinum nivale (Species)
....Buccinum oblitum (Species)
....Buccinum parvulum (Species)
....Buccinum plectrum (Species) - sinuous whelk
....Buccinum polare (Species) - polar whelk
....Buccinum pulchellum (Species)
....Buccinum scalariforme (Species) - ladder whelk
....Buccinum striatissimum (Species) - finely-striate buccinum
....Buccinum superangulare (Species)
....Buccinum totteni (Species) - thin whelk
....Buccinum tumidulum (Species)
....Buccinum undatum (Species) - waved whelk
....Madiella (Subgenus)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 734.
Types
Type of
:
Buccininae
(Subfamily)
Rafinesque, 1815
Ref:
P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005
: 39.
Type of
:
Buccinini
(Tribe)
Rafinesque, 1815
Ref:
P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005
: 39.
[
new
] [implicit]
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Buccinum
(Subgenus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
V.G. Millard, 1997
: 144.
[inferred]
Variants
Different rank
:
Buccinum
nom. inval.
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Tritonium
(Genus)
Müller, 1776
Ref:
WoRMS, 23 Sep 2010.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
wulken
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