World Register of Deep-Sea species - Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758

Deep-Sea taxon details

Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

138878 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138878)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Buccinum Linnaeus, 1758
Tritonium O. F. Müller, 1776

Parent

Buccinum Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

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): 740 [details] Available for editors

Descriptive notes

Distribution Range: 76°N to 36.8°N; 83°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland; Canada; Canada: Queen Elizabeth...

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]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138878 on 2026-01-10

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138878 on 2026-01-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2010-07-19 15:09:49Z

checked

Fraussen, Koen

2022-12-16 09:13:54Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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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): 740 [details] Available for editors

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke. 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Epibenthos and demersal fish monitoring data in function of wind energy development in the Belgian part of the North Sea. [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Nylander, O. O. (1921). Egg-capsules of Buccinum undatum L. The Nautilus. 35(2): 33-34, pl. 1, fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1712053 [details]

additional source Smith, K. E.; Thatje, S.; Hauton, C. (2013). Thermal tolerance during early ontogeny in the common whelk Buccinum undatum (Linnaeus 1785): Bioenergetics, nurse egg partitioning and developmental success. Journal of Sea Research. 79: 32-39., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2013.01.008 [details] Available for editors

additional source Emmerson, J.; Hollyman, P.; Bloor, I.; Jenkins, S. (2020). Effect of temperature on the growth of the commercially fished common whelk (Buccinum undatum, L.): A regional analysis within the Irish Sea. Fisheries Research. 223: 105437., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2019.105437 [details] Available for editors

additional source Martens, E. von. (1883). Ueber Löcher an der Spindelsäule von Buccinum undatum. Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. 1883: 45-46 [20 March]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8789337 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Dimensions maximum size of 50 to 100 mm [details]

Habitat intertidal, bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Dutch	wulkkinkhoorn	[details]
English	whelkwaved whelkedible European whelkcommon whelkcommon northern whelkbuckie	[details]
Finnish	kuningaskotilo	[details]
French	comteuxbulotbuccin ondébuccin communbuccin	[details]
German	WellhornschneckeWellhornGemeine Wellhornschnecke	[details]
Italian	buccino comune	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	kongsnegl	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	kongsnigel	[details]
Spanish	bocina	[details]
Swedish	valthornssnäcka	[details]
Turkish	salyangoz	[details]

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