Buccinoidea

Buccinoidea
A shell of Penion cuvieranus cuvieranus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea Rafinesque, 1815
Families
See text

Buccinoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of very small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks.

This superfamily is in the clade Neogastropoda according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). It had been placed within the infraorder Neogastropoda according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Ponder & Lindberg, 1997).

Families

These families are within Buccinoidea in the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):

• Belomitridae Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012
• Buccinidae Rafinesque, 1815
• Busyconidae Wade, 1917 (1867)
• Colubrariidae Dall, 1904
• Columbellidae Swainson, 1840
• † Echinofulguridae Petuch, 1994
• Fasciolariidae Gray, 1853
• Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854)
• Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835)

Families brought into synonymy

• Anachidae Golikov & Starobogatov, 1972: synonym of Columbellidae Swainson, 1840
• Buccinulidae Finlay, 1928: synonym of Buccinulini Finlay, 1928
• Cominellidae: synonym of Buccinidae Rafinesque, 1815
• Nassidae Swainson, 1835: synonym of Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835)
• Neptuneidae Stimpson, 1865: synonym of Buccinidae Rafinesque, 1815
• Peristerniidae Tryon, 1880: synonym of Peristerniinae Tryon, 1880
• Pyrenidae Suter, 1909: synonym of Columbellidae Swainson, 1840

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  Phos senticosus, a Buccinidae

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  Busycon contrarium, a Busyconidae

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  Colubraria tortuosa, a Colubrariidae

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  Columbella rustica, a Columbellidae

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  Fasciolaria scalarina, a Fasciolariidae

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  Melongena consors, a Melongenidae

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  Nassarius reeveanus, a Nassariidae

References

• Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397 ISBN 3-925919-72-4.