WoRMS taxon details
Buccinoidea Rafinesque, 1815
- Family Austrosiphonidae Cotton & Godfrey, 1938
- Family Belomitridae Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012
- Family Buccinanopsidae Galindo, Puillandre, Lozouet & Bouchet, 2016
- Family Buccinidae Rafinesque, 1815
- Family Busyconidae Wade, 1917 (1867)
- Family Chauvetiidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2021
- Family Colidae J. E. Gray, 1857
- Family Colubrariidae Dall, 1904
- Family Columbellidae Swainson, 1840
- Family Cominellidae J. E. Gray, 1857
- Family Dolicholatiridae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2021
- Family Echinofulguridae Petuch, 1994 †
- Family Eosiphonidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2021
- Family Fasciolariidae Gray, 1853
- Family Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854)
- Family Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835)
- Family Pisaniidae J. E. Gray, 1857
- Family Prodotiidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2021
- Family Prosiphonidae A. W. B. Powell, 1951
- Family Retimohniidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2021
- Family Tudiclidae Cossmann, 1901
- Family Alectrionidae Dall, 1908 accepted as Nassariinae Iredale, 1916 (1835)
- Family Anachidae A. N. Golikov & Starobogatov, 1972 accepted as Atiliinae Cossmann, 1901
- Family Arculariidae Iredale, 1915 accepted as Nassariinae Iredale, 1916 (1835)
- Family Beringiidae A. N. Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975 accepted as Beringiinae A. N. Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
- Family Buccinulidae H. J. Finlay, 1928 accepted as Tudiclidae Cossmann, 1901
- Family Cassidulidae Gray, 1854 accepted as Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854) (invalid: type genus a junior homonym of Cassidulus Lamarck, 1801 [Echinodermata], which is itself the type genus of Cassidulidae L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847)
- Family Cyclopsidae Chenu, 1859 accepted as Nassariinae Iredale, 1916 (1835) (invalid: type genus a junior homonym of Cyclops O.F. Müller, 1776 [Crustacea].)
- Family Cyrtulidae MacDonald, 1869 accepted as Fusininae Wrigley, 1927
- Family Donovaniidae T. L. Casey, 1904 accepted as Chauvetiidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2021 (unaccepted > unavailable name, Invalid: type genus a junior homonym of Donovania Leach, 1814 [Crustacea].)
- Family Fulguridae Stoliczka, 1867 accepted as Busyconinae Wade, 1917 (1867)
- Family Galeodidae Thiele, 1925 accepted as Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854) (invalid: type genus a junior homonym of Galeodes Olivier, 1791 [Arachnida])
- Family Heligmotomidae Adegoke, 1977 † accepted as Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854)
- Family Latiridae Iredale, 1929 accepted as Fasciolariinae Gray, 1853
- Family Neptuneidae W. Stimpson, 1865 accepted as Neptuneinae W. Stimpson, 1865
- Family Peristerniidae Tryon, 1880 accepted as Peristerniinae Tryon, 1880
- Family Pusiostomatidae Iredale, 1940 accepted as Pisaniidae J. E. Gray, 1857
- Family Pyrenidae Suter, 1909 accepted as Atiliinae Cossmann, 1901
- Family Volemidae Winckworth, 1945 accepted as Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854)
- Family Buccinoidea incertae sedis (temporary name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Buccinoidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382214 on 2025-04-27
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Kantor, Y.I., Fedosov, A.E., Kosyan, A.R., Puillandre, N., Sorokin, P.A., Kano, Y., Clark, R. N. & Bouchet, P. (2022 [nomenclatural availability: 2021]). Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 194(3): 789-857., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab031 [details] Available for editors 
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context source (PeRMS)
Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Vaux, F., Hills, S. F. K., Marshall, B. A., Trewick, S. A. & Morgan-Richards, M. (2017). A phylogeny of Southern Hemisphere whelks (Gastropoda: Buccinulidae) and concordance with the fossil record. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 114: 367-381.</em> [details]
additional source Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 61(1-2): 1-526. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Vaux, F., Hills, S. F. K., Marshall, B. A., Trewick, S. A. & Morgan-Richards, M. (2017). A phylogeny of Southern Hemisphere whelks (Gastropoda: Buccinulidae) and concordance with the fossil record. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 114: 367-381.</em> [details]
additional source Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 61(1-2): 1-526. [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
