Canadian Register of Marine Species - Buccinum Linnaeus, 1758

CaRMS taxon details

Buccinum Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)

Type taxon of

Buccininae Rafinesque, 1815

Parent

Buccininae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Buccinum Linnaeus, 1758

Direct children (27)

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Species Buccinum abyssorum A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1884
Species Buccinum angulosum J. E. Gray, 1839
Species Buccinum belcheri Reeve, 1855
Species Buccinum ciliatum (O. Fabricius, 1780)
Species Buccinum cyaneum Bruguière, 1789
Species Buccinum finmarkianum Verkrüzen, 1875
Species Buccinum fragile Verkrüzen, 1878
Species Buccinum frustulatum A. N. Golikov, 1980
Species Buccinum glaciale Linnaeus, 1761
Species Buccinum hydrophanum Hancock, 1846
Species Buccinum kjennerudae Bouchet & Warén, 1985
Species Buccinum maltzani Pfeffer, 1886
Species Buccinum micropoma Thorson, 1944
Species Buccinum plectrum W. Stimpson, 1865
Species Buccinum polare J. E. Gray, 1839
Species Buccinum scalariforme Møller, 1842
Species Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758
Species Buccinum meridionale Harmer, 1914 (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Buccinum tottenii W. Stimpson, 1865 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Buccinum gouldii A. E. Verrill, 1882 accepted as Buccinum cyaneum Bruguière, 1789
Species Buccinum groenlandicum Chemnitz, 1788 accepted as Buccinum cyaneum Bruguière, 1789 (unaccepted > unavailable name, published in a work rejected by ICZN, Direction 1)
Species Buccinum inexhaustum Verkrüzen, 1881 accepted as Buccinum finmarkianum Verkrüzen, 1875 (synonym)
Species Buccinum polaris J. E. Gray, 1839 accepted as Buccinum polare J. E. Gray, 1839 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
Species Buccinum sandersoni A. E. Verrill, 1882 accepted as Buccinum fragile Verkrüzen, 1878 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Buccinum sericatum Hancock, 1846 accepted as Buccinum ciliatum sericatum Hancock, 1846
Species Buccinum tenebrosum Hancock, 1846 accepted as Buccinum cyaneum Bruguière, 1789 (synonym)
Species Buccinum tenue J. E. Gray, 1839 accepted as Buccinum scalariforme Møller, 1842 (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid: junior homonym of Buccinum tenue Schröter, 1805)

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. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 734 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Buccinum Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137701 on 2026-09-02

Regional species database citation

Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Buccinum Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137701 on 2026-09-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-03-22 14:46:48Z

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Wambiji, Nina

2009-06-19 22:55:15Z

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Houart, Roland

2010-06-22 14:47:09Z

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Gofas, Serge

2010-08-10 10:14:45Z

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Tran, Bastien

2010-09-29 16:09:11Z

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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. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , 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. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> 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]