African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Buccinum Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

137701 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137701)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Buccininae Rafinesque, 1815

Parent

Buccininae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Buccinum Linnaeus, 1758

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Species Buccinum perlatum Küster, 1858 accepted as Engina natalensis Melvill, 1895 (invalid: junior homonym of Buccinum perlatum Conrad, 1833)
Species Buccinum succinctum Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Punctoterebra succincta (Gmelin, 1791) (original combination)
Species Buccinum unicolorum Kiener, 1834 accepted as Nassarius dorsatus (Röding, 1798) (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

neuter

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 734 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Buccinum Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137701 on 2025-12-10

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Buccinum Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137701 on 2025-12-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-03-22 14:46:48Z

changed

Wambiji, Nina

2009-06-19 22:55:15Z

changed

Houart, Roland

2010-06-22 14:47:09Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2010-08-10 10:14:45Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2010-09-29 16:09:11Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2014-03-10 08:10:05Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2017-12-17 15:57:44Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2019-08-16 17:41:31Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

2021-07-22 21:30:21Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 734 [details] Available for editors

subsequent type designation Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): 463 [details]