Buccinulum

Buccinulum
Apertural view of a shell of Buccinulum vittatum vittatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Buccinidae
Subfamily:	Buccininae
Tribe:	Buccinulini
Genus:	Buccinulum Deshayes, 1830[1]
Species
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Buccinulum is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Buccinidae, the whelks. ^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Buccinulum include: ^[2]

• Buccinulum brunobrianoi Parth, 1993
• Buccinulum clarcki (Tenison - Woods, 1875)
• Buccinulum colenseni (Suter, 1908)
• Buccinulum fuscozonatum (Suter, 1908)
• Buccinulum linea (Martyn, 1784)
  • Buccinulum linea flexicostatum Dell, 1956
  • Buccinulum linea linea (Martyn, 1784)
• Buccinulum lineare Reeve, 1846
• Buccinulum mariae Powell, 1940
• Buccinulum pallidum Finlay, 1928
  • Buccinulum pallidum pallidum Finlay, 1928
  • Buccinulum pallidum powelli Ponder, 1971
• Buccinulum pertinax von Martens, 1878
  • Buccinulum pertinax finlayi Powell, 1929
  • Buccinulum pertinax pertinax (Martens, 1878)
• Buccinulum robustum Powell, 1929
• Buccinulum turrita (Tenison-Woods, 1875)
• Buccinulum vittatum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
  • Buccinulum vittatum bicinctum (Hutton, 1873)
  • Buccinulum vittatum littorinoides (Reeve, 1846)
  • Buccinulum vittatum vittatum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

The following species ware also named by A. Powell ^[3]

• Buccinulum bountyensis Powell, 1929
• Buccinulum colensoi (Suter, 1908)
• Buccinulum otagoensis Powell, 1929
• Buccinulum venusta Powell, 1929

References

1. Deshayes G. P. (1830). Ency. Méth. (Vers.) 2(1): 143; Swainson 1837, Cat. For. Shells, 81.
2. WoRMS: Buccinulum; accessed : 30 October 2010
3. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

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