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Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 138878

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Buccinoidea (Superfamily) > Buccinidae (Family) > Buccinum (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Buccinum Linnaeus, 1758
Synonymised
taxa
  Buccinum amaliae Verkrüzen, 1878
Buccinum meridionale Verkrüzen, 1884 (synonym)
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100
page(s): 740 [details]


basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Bromley, J.E.C., and J.S. Bleakney. 1984. Keys to the fauna and flora of Minas Basin. National Research Council of Canada Report 24119. 366 p.  [details]

additional source: Gosner, K.L. 1971. Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 693 p. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p. [details]

additional source: Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]

additional source: Thomas, M.L.H. (ed.). 1983. Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 64. 306 p. [details]

additional source: Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. [details]

additional source: Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 [details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

additional source: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 740 [details]


from synonym: Mayhew, R. and F. Cole. 1994 MS. A taxonomic discussion and update of shell-bearing marine molluscs recorded from NW Atlantic North of Cape Cod (excluding Greenland), and Canadian Arctic Archipeligo. [details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch wulk  [details]
English common whelk  [details]
English waved whelk  [details]
Finnish kuningaskotilo  [details]
French buccin commun  [details]
French buccin ondé  [details]
French bulot  [details]
French comteux  [details]
German Wellhornschnecke  [details]
Italian buccino comune  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål kongsnegl  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk kongsnigel  [details]
Spanish bocina  [details]
Swedish valthornssnäcka  [details]
Turkish salyangoz  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Atlantic [details]
Baltic sea [details]
Bar Road [details]
Bay of Biscay [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Brier Island [details]
British Isles [details]
Canada [details]
Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details]
Clam Cove [details]
Cobscook Bay [details]
De Haan [details]
De Panne [details]
Deadmans Harbour [details]
Digby [details]
Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
German Bight [details]
Goote Bank [details]
Grevelingen [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
Icelandic Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
L'Etete [details]
Lorneville Harbour [details]
Minas Basin [details]
Minister's Island [details]
North Coast of Norway [details]
North East Atlantic [details]
North Sea [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Oostduinkerke [details]
Oostende [details]
Oosterschelde [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Saguenay Fjord [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spuikom [details]
St. Lawrence Estuary [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
The Wolves [details]
United Kingdom [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
USA [details]
Wadden Sea [details]
West Coast of Norway  [details]
Wimereux [details]
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
Host of  Anthessius leptostylis (Sars G.O., 1916) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Anthessius teissieri Bocquet & Stock, 1958 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1050 publications)
To CLEMAM
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Dimensions: maximum size of 50 to 100 mm [details]

Distribution: Range: 76°N to 36.8°N; 83°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland; Canada; Canada: Queen Elizabeth Islands, Baffin Island, Labrador, Newfoundland, Quebec, New Brunswick; USA: Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia  [details]

Habitat: Known from rocky shores. [details]

Habitat: intertidal, bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Images 
Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758
Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758
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Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758
Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758
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eggs of Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758
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Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758
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Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758
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Buccinum undatum
Buccinum undatum
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Buccinum undatum looks for food in the silt.
Buccinum undatum looks for food in the silt.
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Buccinum undatum after the lookup after food in the silt.
Buccinum undatum after the lookup after food in the silt.
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Benthos in 16 m of depth
Benthos in 16 m of depth
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Dautzenberg & Fischer (1912, pl. 04)
Dautzenberg & Fischer (1912, pl. 04)
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Dautzenberg & Fischer (1912, pl. 05)
Dautzenberg & Fischer (1912, pl. 05)
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Dautzenberg & Fischer (1912, pl. 06)
Dautzenberg & Fischer (1912, pl. 06)
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Kleine wulkjes
Kleine wulkjes
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Buccinum undatum - smooth
Buccinum undatum - smooth
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Buccinum undatum
Buccinum undatum
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Buccinum undatum
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Buccinum undatum
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Eben (1884, figuur 33)
Eben (1884, figuur 33)
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138878
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2010-07-19 15:09:49Z  checked  Fraussen, Koen
  
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  Citation: Fraussen, K.; Gofas, S. (2013). Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138878 on 2013-05-24
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