Buccinum

Buccinum
A live individual of Buccinum undatum being held above the substrate
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Buccinum
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Buccinum undatum
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]
  • Mada Jeffreys, 1867 (Invalid: junior homonym of Mada Mulsant, 1850; Mala and Madiella are replacement names)
  • Madiella Wenz, 1943 (Replacement name for Mada Jeffreys, 1867)
  • Mala Cossmann, 1901 (Replacement name for Mada Jeffreys, 1867, but itself a junior homonym of Mala Distant, 1854)
  • Nassa (Buccinum) Linnaeus, 1758
  • Reticubuccinum Ito & Habe, 1980
  • Tritonellium Valenciennes, 1858 (unnecessary replacement name for Tritonium O. F. Müller, 1776, by Valenciennes considered a homonym of Tritonia Cuvier)
  • Tritonium O. F. Müller, 1776
  • Tritonium (Buccinum) Linnaeus, 1758

Buccinum is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Snails in this genus are commonly called whelks, a name shared with several related and unrelated species. The common whelk Buccinum undatum is the most common representative of the genus in the northern Atlantic Ocean.

  1. ^ a b Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Buccinum Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137701 on 2015-02-18