Buccinidae | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Penion maximus, anterior end towards the bottom of the page | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Buccinidae Rafinesque, 1815 |
Type genus | |
Buccinum | |
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Synonyms[1] | |
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The Buccinidae are a very large and diverse taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks or true whelks.[1][2]
The family includes more than 1500 species.